🎯 AI has hacked the code of human civilization | Yuval Noah Harari
Human domination relies on large-scale cooperation among strangers, which is sustained by bureaucratic systems – such as laws, finance, religion – designed to build trust.
Since AIs are ‘native bureaucrats’, they can effortlessly remember all laws, transactions, and scriptures far better than any human. This leaves AI uniquely placed to take over critical processes, such as granting bank loans, deciding university admissions, determining prison sentences, and executing military strikes. Are we prepared?
The 2026 Tanner Lecture on Human Values took place at @linacrecollege3982, @oxforduniversity.
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