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Yuval Noah Harari

What Yuval Noah Harari thinks about AI alignment

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Israeli historian and philosopher, born in 1976; author of Sapiens, Homo Deus, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century and Nexus; lecturer in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; co-founder of Sapienship in 2019.

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4 dated positions, c. 2024–2025 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Yuval Noah Harari has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingIt makes no sense to distrust fellow humans yet trust a superintelligent alien entity we just created

    Their wordsIf you can't trust the other humans that you have known for thousands of years, why do you think you can trust a super intelligent alien entity that we just created and we basically know nothing about how it behaves when it's out in the open?

    ↗The full-length interview with Yuval Noah Harari | The Economistyoutube.com 17th of 19 in this recording

  3. Our readingThe alignment problem is especially dangerous because computer networks may become more powerful than any human bureaucracy

    Their wordsOne reason why the alignment problem is particularly dangerous in the context of the computer network is that this network is likely to become far more powerful than any previous human bureaucracy.

    ↗Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Random House, 2025 paperback edition)books.google.com All 31 from this book

  5. Our readingThe alignment problem is at heart a problem of mythology

    Their wordsThe alignment problem turns out to be, at heart, a problem of mythology.

    ↗Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Random House, 2025 paperback edition)books.google.com All 31 from this book

  7. Our readingRival regimes answering the AI alignment problem in their own ways may build separate, incompatible computer networks

    Their wordsAs each regime chooses its own answer to the AI alignment problem, to the dictator's dilemma, and to other technological quandaries, each might create a separate and very different computer network.

    ↗Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI (Random House, 2025 paperback edition)books.google.com All 31 from this book