‘Sapiens’ Author Yuval Noah Harari on the Promise and Peril of AI

The author of ‘Sapiens’ says that for the first time in tens of thousands of years, humanity has competition. And it’s coming fast.

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• AI is an agent, not a tool, capable of independent decisions, learning and invention, unlike previous inventions, says author, historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari.

  
  

• AI learns from human behavior; dishonesty among leaders may lead to AI mirroring such behavior.

  
  

• The author of “Sapiens” says AI’s impact will grow, transforming fields like finance first because of its informational nature.

  
  

• Does the rise of artificial intelligence mean the decline—and even end—of Homo sapiens? That’s the question we posed to author, historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, who sees the potential for both enormous benefit and enormous danger from AI. He discussed the outlook with WSJ Leadership Institute contributing editor Poppy Harlow at The Wall Street Journal’s recent CEO Council Summit.