Is Yuval Noah Harari right? The science writer thinks that “alien intelligence” could take over from humans. But others think he is being too negative.
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Aliens will destroy us warns new book
Is Yuval Noah Harari right? The science writer thinks that "alien intelligence" could take over from humans. But others think he is being too negative.
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Yuval Noah Harari should be one of the world's happiest men. He is one of the most successful writers alive today and has sold more than 45 million books.
Yet Harari is glumSad, unhappy or downbeat. . His new book Nexus claimsSays that something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove it and other people might not believe it. that humanity is close to destroying itself.
In Nexus, Harari argues that we are nearly at crisis point. The world faces wars, hunger, disease, dictatorsRulers with total power over a country. and climate changeLong-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Human action is a major cause of climate change..
He is worried that technology will take over. Although AIA computer programme that has been designed to think. was made by humans, he considers it an "alien intelligence".
AI holds many dangers. It could leave people with jobs. AI-generated fake pictures could upturn our sense of reality. And AI could one day become smarter than us - and decide to take over.
Others think that Harari is too negative. He assumes that AI can easily beat us. But humans have faced crises before. If AI starts to threaten us, we will find a way to win.
Is Yuval Noah Harari right?
Yes! The last few years have not been good ones. It is hard to imagine finding answers for all of the problems Harari talks about.
No! Many humans have tried to predictSay what you think is about to happen. how the world will end. So far, they have all been wrong. Harari will be no different.
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Keywords
Glum - Sad, unhappy or downbeat.
Claims - Says that something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove it and other people might not believe it.
Dictators - Rulers with total power over a country.
Climate change - Long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Human action is a major cause of climate change.
AI - A computer programme that has been designed to think.
Predict - Say what you think is about to happen.
Aliens will destroy us warns new book
Scholar: Israeli intellectual Yuval Noah Harari (above) believes that now is the most exciting point in 70,000 years of human history. Glossary
Glum - Sad, unhappy or downbeat.
Claims - Says that something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove it and other people might not believe it.
Dictators - Rulers with total power over a country.
Climate change - Long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Human action is a major cause of climate change.
AI - A computer programme that has been designed to think.
Predict - Say what you think is about to happen.