‘AI has hacked the operating system of human civilization’: Yuval Noah Harari
Storytelling computers will change the course of human history, says the historian and philosopher.
“When people think about Chatgpt and other new ai tools, they are often drawn to examples like school children using ai to write their essays. What will happen to the school system when kids do that? But this kind of question misses the big picture. Forget about school essays. Think of the next American presidential race in 2024, and try to imagine the impact of ai tools that can be made to mass-produce political content, fake-news stories, and scriptures for new cults,” Yuval Noah Harari warned.
In his opinion in The Economist Weekly, through its mastery of language, AI could even form intimate relationships with people, and use the power of intimacy to change our opinions and worldviews. Although there is no indication that ai has any consciousness or feelings of its own, it is enough to foster fake intimacy with humans if the AI can make them feel emotionally attached to it.
(WBJ)
