Yuval Noah Harari: AI and the future of humanity | Frontiers Forum Live 2023

Professor Yuval Noah Harari is considered one of the world’s most influential public intellectuals today. In his keynote at Frontiers Forum Live 2023, Yuval spoke on the potential for artificial intelligence to become the first inorganic lifeform on our planet, and how it might change the very make-up or meaning of the world’s ecological system. He outlined of the threat that this ’alien’ intelligence poses to human civilizations – even without AI becoming conscious or able to navigate the physical world, and called for immediate regulation. The session was followed by a series of questions and answers from the virtual and in-person audience, moderated by host, Vivienne Parry. Yuval Noah Harari is the bestselling and award-winning author of ’Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind’, ’Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow’, ’21 Lessons for the 21st Century’, and the series ’Sapiens: A Graphic History’ and ’Unstoppable Us’. He also writes arti