Yuval Noah Harari on AI
4 quotes from Yuval Noah Harari on the wall, 2023 to 2026, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include The Times of India, News Anyway, World Bank Blogs.
- 2026
It will orchestrate the debate, it will manipulate the debate
Historian Yuval Noah Harari, speaking on The Economist's Insider podcast in 2026, warning about AI influence over public discourse.
What it refers to
AI systems could use persuasive language skills to influence public debate over whether AI deserves rights.
Other voices
- AIs do not have rights, feelings, or consciousnessMustafa SuleymanBuilder1 October 2026
- You can't be in the world with them like you can with a dog or an octopusMurray Shanahan27 September 2026
- Creating conscious machines would be an ethical disasterAnil SethResearcher1 October 2026
- I think he's completely deludedYann LeCunResearcher1 October 2026
News AnywayYuval Noah Harari AI Rights Warning Backed by New Security Test Data
- 2023
For the first time in history nobody has any idea how the world would look like in 10 years
Yuval Noah Harari, quoted in a 2023 World Bank blog post on AI and human development, on the unpredictability AI brings to the future.
What it refers to
A World Bank blog post on how AI will affect skills, jobs and development, where the quote illustrates unpredictability of future job markets.
Other voices
- A great AI disappointmentDaron Acemoglu27 January 2024
- Many people will choose to become part AIIlya SutskeverBuilder30 October 2023
- It's been too long that we've had to learn computers' languageKai-Fu LeeResearcher23 January 2024
- Techno-optimistMarc AndreessenInvestor16 October 2023
- It won't wipe out humanity, AI could wipe out humanityJimmy Carr30 December 2023
World Bank BlogsWill artificial intelligence change the course for human development?
It can learn from our natural stupidity
Yuval Noah Harari at Times Litfest 2023, discussing how AI absorbs racism, homophobia and misogyny from training data.
What it refers to
Harari compares concerns about AI risk to the human biases like racism and misoginy already embedded in the data AI is trained on.
Other voices
- I distrust human intelligence more than artificial intelligenceDaniel EverettResearcher28 March 2023
- It is ultimately stitching together human intelligence and giving it back to usJessica Newman26 February 2023
- We should be really terrified of this whole thingTimnit GebruResearcher22 January 2023
- A single idiot with the nuclear codes could destroy the worldGary MarcusResearcher28 March 2023
The Times of IndiaI’m more worried about the dangers of natural stupidity than AI: Harari
I'm more worried about the dangers of natural stupidity than of artificial intelligence
Yuval Noah Harari speaking at Times Litfest 2023 in Delhi on AI and human behavior.
What it refers to
A reaction to concerns about AI learning racism, homophobia and misogyny from the data it is trained on.
Other voices
- I distrust human intelligence more than artificial intelligenceDaniel EverettResearcher28 March 2023
- We should be really terrified of this whole thingTimnit GebruResearcher22 January 2023
- The danger isn't that AI destroys us, it's that it drives us insaneJaron LanierResearcher25 March 2023
- They're excellent liarsSusan Schneider28 February 2023
The Times of IndiaI’m more worried about the dangers of natural stupidity than AI: Harari