“All information technologies up to the 21st century were organic networks based on our organic brain.”
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Yuval Noah Harari sees one glaring problem at the heart of our quest for an AI-led world: The incompatibility of humans and the always-on information cycles.
Harari cautions that organic beings trying to force themselves into these 24/7 inorganic cycles will eventually fail, and bring about their own destruction.
His solution? Clear delineation of inorganic information, and a strict diet for your consumption.
00:00 If humans are so smart, how’d we get here?
00:55 Automatic machines vs AI
02:21 How new tech changes our social fabric
03:29 Organic cycles based on human rhythms
04:57 Inorganic cycles based on AI
06:18 Should AIs become legal persons?
07:46 The huge risks of an AI-centered world
08:15 The biggest misconception about information
09:37 How to safeguard ourselves in the era of AI
11:05 Self-correction and the banning of fake humans
12:24 Go on an information diet
Read the video transcript ► https://bigthink.com/series/the-big-think-interview/inorganic-intelligence/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=youtube_description
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About Yuval Noah Harari:
Prof. Yuval Noah Harari is a historian, philosopher, and the bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, the series Sapiens: A Graphic History and Unstoppable Us, and Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI. His books have sold over 45 Million copies in 65 languages, and he is considered one of the world’s most influential public intellectuals today.