What to do with your money if we're really heading for an AI apocalypse
Financial experts are offering advice on how to manage wealth in the face of hypothetical existential risks posed by AI. Suggestions range from traditional safe-haven assets like gold to cybersecurity stocks and defensive diversification.
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It captures the intersection of speculative fear-mongering and traditional financial planning in the age of rapid AI advancement.
There's growing concern about the dangers of AI. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Recent warnings of AI-driven doom have raised questions about how to invest for the end of the world. Personal finance and investing gurus touted everything from gold and stocks to cash and bonds. One wealth manager said relationships will be the "asset that matters most" in a doomsday scenario. Rising fears of an AI apocalypse have rattled markets and forced investors to reckon with a potentially existential risk. A future where robots take over and terminate humans remains a radical vision , fueled by recent warnings from AI researchers who consider doomsday a possible, but very unlikely, scenario. Yet it's worth asking how people can protect their wealth from AI Armageddon.
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