I've never been a Harari fan, but this just scales new heights in vapid prophesizing. Briefly, human notions of free will are obsolete (or even dangerous!) because AI will get to the point it can influence us into doing or buying anything.https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/14/yuval-noah-harari-the-new-threat-to-liberal-democracy …
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HA! In his defense he is a historian and as such prognostication is part of the practice. The extent to which one can accurately do that though is nebulous. I do agree about the disruptive implications of tech/AI at a macro level. Can't even begin to go into details though.
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That’s an inane & fatuous copout. “I’m a historian so I’m supposed to make predictions but I’m a historian so don’t hold me accountable if I don’t fully understand my subject matter”.
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What about both? Is that acceptable to you?
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Well he does claim both. He was on Sam Harris’ podcast making broad predictions about AI’s impact on society but whenever his technical expertise was tested he hid behind “I’m just a historian!”. I think it’s necessary to understand the fundamentals before prognosticating.
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I agree. He is not immune from criticism, like any other public intellectual. It's also harder though to write about the future than it is about the past.
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you are the hero we need antonio
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