Renowned historian Yuval Noah Harari has raised the alarm over the unprecedented power of artificial intelligence, warning that it can autonomously decide who lives and dies, posing a greater threat than nuclear weapons.

During the conversation, Harari emphasized that AI is unlike any previous tool in history, as it has the unprecedented ability to make decisions autonomously and create new ideas entirely on its own. 

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“You invent a knife; you invent an atom bomb; the atom bomb cannot decide to start a war, cannot decide which city to bomb. AI can make decisions by itself. Autonomous weapon systems can decide by themselves who to kill, who to bomb,” he said. 

The historian also warned against AI’s growing accumulation of power, stating that it could eventually take control of society, rendering humans powerless and clueless about their future. 

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