Yuval Noah Harari

So, you know, when a computer is talking to you, it can be the most, it can focus 100% of its attention is on what you're saying and what you're feeling because it has no feelings of its own. And paradoxically, this means that computers can fool people.

So, you know, when a computer is talking to you, it can be the most, it can focus 100% of its attention is on what you're saying and what you're feeling because it has no feelings of its own. And paradoxically, this means that computers can fool people.

So, you know, when a computer is talking to you, it can be the most, it can focus 100% of its attention is on what you're saying and what you're feeling because it has no feelings of its own. And paradoxically, this means that computers can fool people.

into feeling that, oh, there is a conscious entity on the other side, an empathic entity on the other side, because the one thing everybody wants almost more than anything in the world is for somebody to listen to me, somebody to focus all their attention on me. Like I want it for my spouse, for my husband, for my mother, for my friends, for my politicians, listen to me. Listen to what I feel.

into feeling that, oh, there is a conscious entity on the other side, an empathic entity on the other side, because the one thing everybody wants almost more than anything in the world is for somebody to listen to me, somebody to focus all their attention on me. Like I want it for my spouse, for my husband, for my mother, for my friends, for my politicians, listen to me. Listen to what I feel.

into feeling that, oh, there is a conscious entity on the other side, an empathic entity on the other side, because the one thing everybody wants almost more than anything in the world is for somebody to listen to me, somebody to focus all their attention on me. Like I want it for my spouse, for my husband, for my mother, for my friends, for my politicians, listen to me. Listen to what I feel.

And they often don't. And now you have this entity which 100% of its attention is just on what I feel. And this is a huge, huge temptation. And I think also a huge, huge danger.

And they often don't. And now you have this entity which 100% of its attention is just on what I feel. And this is a huge, huge temptation. And I think also a huge, huge danger.

And they often don't. And now you have this entity which 100% of its attention is just on what I feel. And this is a huge, huge temptation. And I think also a huge, huge danger.

So it's like- But even that, I mean, the thing is, if social scientists and psychologists establish that, I don't know, 17% inattention is good for a conversation because then you feel challenged. Oh, I need to grab this person's attention. You can program the AI to have exactly 17% inattention, not one percentage more or less, or it can by trial and error. discover what is the ideal percentage.

So it's like- But even that, I mean, the thing is, if social scientists and psychologists establish that, I don't know, 17% inattention is good for a conversation because then you feel challenged. Oh, I need to grab this person's attention. You can program the AI to have exactly 17% inattention, not one percentage more or less, or it can by trial and error. discover what is the ideal percentage.

So it's like- But even that, I mean, the thing is, if social scientists and psychologists establish that, I don't know, 17% inattention is good for a conversation because then you feel challenged. Oh, I need to grab this person's attention. You can program the AI to have exactly 17% inattention, not one percentage more or less, or it can by trial and error. discover what is the ideal percentage.

Again, you can create, over the last 10 years, we have creating machines for grabbing people's attention. This is what has been happening on social media. Now we are designing machines for grabbing human intimacy. which in many ways is much, much more dangerous and scary.

Again, you can create, over the last 10 years, we have creating machines for grabbing people's attention. This is what has been happening on social media. Now we are designing machines for grabbing human intimacy. which in many ways is much, much more dangerous and scary.

Again, you can create, over the last 10 years, we have creating machines for grabbing people's attention. This is what has been happening on social media. Now we are designing machines for grabbing human intimacy. which in many ways is much, much more dangerous and scary.

Already the machines for grabbing attention, we've seen how much social and political damage they could do by in many ways kind of distorting the public conversation. Machines that are superhuman in their abilities to create intimate relationships, this is like psychological and social weapons of mass destruction. If we don't

Already the machines for grabbing attention, we've seen how much social and political damage they could do by in many ways kind of distorting the public conversation. Machines that are superhuman in their abilities to create intimate relationships, this is like psychological and social weapons of mass destruction. If we don't

Already the machines for grabbing attention, we've seen how much social and political damage they could do by in many ways kind of distorting the public conversation. Machines that are superhuman in their abilities to create intimate relationships, this is like psychological and social weapons of mass destruction. If we don't

If we don't train ourselves to deal with it, it could destroy the foundations of human society.

If we don't train ourselves to deal with it, it could destroy the foundations of human society.