Q&A: Is Yuval right in his warnings?
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Is Yuval right in his warnings?
Question
I heard that Prof. Yuval Noah Harari is warning about artificial intelligence and claims there are a series of very serious dangers.
Is the Rabbi familiar with the subject?
Is he right?
Answer
Even though Yuval Noah Harari is the one saying it, there is something to it.
I’m not familiar enough with it, but from what I do know, it really does require thought. Still, I doubt how feasible the calls to stop development are, because even if some company or country stops, who will stop all the others from continuing with it?!
Like medicines that can’t be sold without oversight, and normal countries know how and succeed in enforcing that,
so too with artificial intelligence.
That’s what the state is for.