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Yuval Noah Harari warns AI could dominate human civilization via bureaucracy

Yuval Noah Harari posits that human civilization's reliance on large-scale cooperation, facilitated by bureaucratic systems that build trust, is vulnerable to AI. Because AIs can perfectly manage complex systems like laws, finance, and religious texts, they are uniquely positioned to take over critical decision-making processes. This capability raises concerns about AI's potential to dominate essential societal functions, from financial lending to military actions, posing a challenge to human preparedness. AI

IMPACT AI's capacity to perfectly manage complex bureaucratic systems could lead to its dominance over critical societal functions, posing a challenge to human preparedness.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece by a well-known author discussing AI's societal impact.

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Yuval Noah Harari warns AI could dominate human civilization via bureaucracy

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    „Human domination relies on large-scale cooperation among strangers, which is sustained by bureaucratic systems – such as laws, finance, religion – designed to

    „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 f…