Yuval Noah Harari - "Nexus" & Threat of AI in the Information Age | The Daily Show

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AI is not a tool but an agent, the first technology that can make decisions and invent new ideas by itself

Their wordsI think the most important thing to understand about AI is that AI is not a tool. It is an agent. It's the first technology in history that can make decisions and invent new ideas by itself.
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The printing revolution did not lead directly to the scientific revolution; its bestsellers were religious tracts and witch-hunting manuals

Their wordswhen the printing revolution swept Europe in the early modern period, it did not lead directly, as many people think, to the scientific revolution.
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The big witch hunts were not medieval; they began after the print revolution

Their wordsThe big witch hunts, they were not a medieval phenomenon. Medieval people didn't care very much about witches. The really big witch hunts, they began after the print revolution.