Does using AI feed the beast? Interesting name of the "arts program" in Sweden... Babel. 13:24 min.
He had my attention until the very end about climate change $$$. I've listened to a couple of his speeches over the years, but more recent ones feel a bit like he's warning humanity.
https://youtu.be/qB_DLoBTLMI?si=8ShZ3aD0OYbG3AoF
Yuval Noah Harari and Jessika Gedin discussing his latest book, 'Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI' on Babel – an arts program on Sweden's @svt channel. In this conversation with host Jessika Gedin, Harari explores one of today’s most pressing questions: what should we do when non-human intelligence threatens our existence?
'Nexus' examines how information networks have shaped human history – from ancient oral traditions to modern AI-driven societies. How have these networks empowered civilizations? And in an age of artificial intelligence, what risks do they pose?
Originally broadcast on October 18, 2024
Can AI truly be considered 'non human'? A hammer is a tool for a human, a human tool, without the human the hammer would never been created and the hammer if created would have no use without a human. The AI is a human agent. For humans by humans.