Historian & Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Co-founder, Sapienship
Yuval Noah Harari is a world-renowned historian and public intellectual best known for his books Sapiens, Homo Deus, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. While not an AI researcher by training, Harari is one of the most influential voices exploring the long-term societal impacts of artificial intelligence. His work interrogates how emerging technologies, especially AI, reshape human agency, governance, and the future of economies and democracies. Through his organisation Sapienship, he advocates for responsible tech policy and ethical global cooperation in managing AI risks.
“The real problem of humanity is not artificial intelligence but natural stupidity.”