Yuval Noah Harari

Colm Toibin’s The Magician tells a fictionalized story of Thomas Mann’s life. It evokes a world of repression and brilliance, politics and art, inner life and historical drama. It’s both intimate and sweeping, offering a lens into how great literature emerges from the chaos of…

If humans – the most intelligent beings on the planet – are prone to believing nonsensical things, could superintelligent AI develop super-delusions? Watch the whole thing with @leviyonit and @Freedland on @2jewsonthenews: bit.ly/YNH-UN

Show me the money! AI agents could soon be able to open bank accounts and make financial decisions on your behalf. Should we let them? With @stephenfry at the @OctopusEnergy Energy Tech Summit. Watch the whole thing: bit.ly/SF-YNH

Tips on how to work efficiently. First: get to know your own mind.

War and peace and government budgets: what military spending can tell us about the state of the world. Watch the whole thing with @leviyonit and @Freedland on @2jewsonthenews: bit.ly/YNH-UN

Mythology takes human relationships and inflates them as if the whole universe works like our families. Before modern science, we couldn't imagine atoms, black holes, or viruses and bacteria. #LawsOfNature #NatureAndHumanity #YuvalNoahHarari #Mythology #Science

We don’t have time for understanding if we rush to judge reality. History is not a simple story of good versus evil. Full conversation with Prof Cheng Lesong of @PKU1898 here: bit.ly/PU-YNH

A flood of information does not make the truth more accessible. How can we keep sight of the truth when overwhelmed by information? Full conversation with Yumi Tokunaga for @tv_asahi_news available on bit.ly/YNH-TV-ASAHI

How can we put our trust in AI when we have not yet learned to trust each other? Watch the full video here: bit.ly/WSJ-YNH

Why do we assume, as we bring a new alien intelligence into the world, that it will do as we say and not do as we do? Watch the full video here: bit.ly/WSJ-YNH

We are facing a world where a new generation grows up with intimate relationships with AI. There could be unknown benefits – but for now, the risks far outweigh them.

If we trust each other, we can control AI; if we don’t, AI will control us. We must build more trust before we continue creating superintelligent AI agents. Watch the full clip at bit.ly/YNH-CDF.

On a daily basis, we trust strangers to supply our food, look after our children and keep our money safe. From the March 2025 interview for @tv_asahi_news: bit.ly/YNH-TV-ASAHI

AI can already read and understand texts quicker than humans. So what happens if the texts in question are holy texts? What influence will AI have on religion? Would you listen to an AI rabbi? Watch the full video here: bit.ly/WSJ-YNH

Historian Yuval Noah Harari compared the AI revolution to a "wave of immigration" at WSJ's CEO Council.

"A much bigger danger than human immigrants is digital immigrants - AI: They don't need visas or boats, they arrive at the speed of light and take people's jobs." Author of Sapiens, @harari_yuval tells @maitlis & @lewis_goodall people fear the wrong kind of immigrant.

People have the right to free speech. Does that mean that algorithms also have the right to spread lies and conspiracies for engagement? From an event co-organized by the @dij_tokyo, @CollegeTokyo and @Kawade_shobo in March 2025. Full conversation: bit.ly/YNH-TC-DIJ

What motivation do optimists – or pessimists – have for changing anything if they think that whatever they do, things will be good – or bad? From the March 2025 interview for @tv_asahi_news: bit.ly/YNH-TV-ASAHI