Intimacy - AI's next frontier | Yuval Noah Harari
Short | 1 months ago
Wouldn't you want a partner that always gives you 100% attention and is never upset? We are facing a world where a new generation grows up with intimate relationships with AI. There could be unknown benefits – but for now, the risks far outweigh them. #Yuva...
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Why does everything feel fast? | Yuval Noah Harari
Short | 1 months ago
As the famous maxim goes: change is the only constant. But change in itself is neither good nor bad. The outcomes of today's social and technological upheavals cannot be known to us; what we do know is that change will happen, and that we must be flexible t...
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A recipe for endless wars? | Yuval Noah Harari
Podcast | 2 months ago
If we get rid of the current liberal world order without an alternative, we will just get disorder. Are we ready to go back to a world where the strong countries do what they want, and the weak must suffer? From the @NYTOpinion podcast with @EzraKleinShow, ...
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The Jesus paradox | Yuval Noah Harari
Podcast | 2 months ago
There is not a single sentence in the Bible describing Jesus’ appearance, yet despite this, his face is the most replicated and recognizable image in the world. What does that tell us about the nature of information? Watch the whole @bigthink interview here...
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Will the AI revolution lead to exploitation? | Yuval Noah Harari
Short | 2 months ago
The problem is not the destination of the AI revolution – the problem is the way there. Industrialization ultimately led to better, more prosperous societies, but on the way there, huge mistakes were made. In the 19th century, the countries that industriali...
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Human stupidity VS wisdom: which will win? | Yuval Noah Harari
Short | 2 months ago
“One of the most powerful forces in history, actually, is human stupidity. We know that nuclear weapons could destroy the whole of human civilization. We know that now AI can escape our control. And yet, we keep on producing it.” Yuval Noah Harari via @Brie...
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Where does AI live? | Yuval Noah Harari
Short | 2 months ago
Critics argue that AI is helpless outside narrow human-constructed environments. But all intelligence relies on a specific ecosystem; a human dropped on Mars would die just as quickly as a chess AI without electricity. Are we now creating an environment in ...
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AI has hacked the code of human civilization | Yuval Noah Harari
Video | 2 months ago
Human domination relies on large-scale cooperation among strangers, which is sustained by bureaucratic systems – such as laws, finance, religion – designed to build trust. Since AIs are ‘native bureaucrats’, they can effortlessly remember all laws, transact...
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Is the liberal world order collapsing? | Yuval Noah Harari
Podcast | 2 months ago
Liberalism does not believe in redemption. It believes that there will always be tensions and conflicts. But it believes that by cooperating rather than fighting, we can build a world that is better for everyone. Is this vision of the world failing? And wha...
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The idea that changed the world in 1789 | Yuval Noah Harari
Podcast | 3 months ago
Did the French Revolution come up with the most successful political formula in modern times? Since then, every political system that has tried to abandon one of these has failed. If liberal democracy forgets fraternity – or more specifically, nationalism –...
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Is nationalism really about hate? | Yuval Noah Harari
Short | 3 months ago
In a small tribe, you know everybody. Everything is based on personal relationships and trust between individuals. How does a society function when you do not know 99.99% of the people in your nation? Why do you bother paying taxes to fund schools, roads or...
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The face of Jesus – most successful fictional portrait ever? | Yuval Noah Harari
Podcast | 3 months ago
There are more portraits of Jesus than of any other person in history. How many of them are truthful or authentic? None. No one has any idea what Jesus actually looked like. Has this stopped him from becoming one of the most recognizable faces ever, and uni...
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