Extinction risk and present harmsAcademiaDistinguished Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge2 entries on the record

Yuval Noah Harari

Historian at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and author of Sapiens and Nexus who warns that AI is the first technology able to make decisions and create ideas by itself, and could end human-dominated history.

Roles

2005 – presentProfessor of History, Hebrew University of JerusalemSource →
2019 – presentCo-founder, SapienshipSocial-impact company for research, education and storytelling.Source →
2023 – presentDistinguished Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of CambridgeSource →

On the record

12 Sept 2023 · Speech · CogX Festival, London
Potentially we are talking about the end of human history—the end of the period dominated by human beings.
Distinguished Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge at the time
Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari says AI is an ‘alien’ threat that could wipe out humanity →
12 Sept 2023 · Speech · CogX Festival, London
It's the first tool in history that can make decisions by itself. Atom bombs could not make decisions.
Distinguished Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge at the time
At the same event he said humanity may have "five, 10, 30" years still in the driver's seat.
Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari says AI is an ‘alien’ threat that could wipe out humanity →