Renowned philosopher, historian, and futurist Yuval Noah Harari believes that the main danger of artificial intelligence lies not in the physical attack of robots on humans, but in the gradual takeover of critically important financial and bureaucratic systems.
Renowned philosopher, historian, and futurist Yuval Noah Harari believes that the main danger of artificial intelligence lies not in the physical attack of robots on humans, but in the gradual takeover of critically important financial and bureaucratic systems.
This is reported by CTech, citing an interview with Harari on Czech television. According to the scientist, humanity risks finding itself in the position of "cows of the future." They live under the control of financial structures, the existence and principles of which they are not even aware of.
“Cows know that people exist. They see us. But cows don’t know that money exists. How do you explain to cows what the bond market is when it controls their lives?” Harari noted.
Thus, the decisions made by complex artificial intelligence systems and the logic of their actions may completely go beyond human understanding. As a result, society will lose the ability to influence the processes that shape its life.
“It’s not that artificial intelligence is robots that will go out into the streets and start shooting at us. AI is taking over the financial system. It is taking over all bureaucratic structures,” the historian warns.
The advantage of AI in administrative and financial environments lies in its ability to instantly process and analyze enormous amounts of data. According to Harari, no human banker can remember all the transactions of a bank, while for an “AI banker” this is a basic function.
Recall that Yuval Noah Harari regularly warns against the development of generative AI. He previously emphasized that this technology is the first in history capable of independently creating culture, ideology, and religious texts, which creates unprecedented risks for democratic institutions.
