Yuval Noah Harari
Historian & Author
Sessions (2)
Sessions featuring Yuval Noah Harari at World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026
An Honest Conversation on AI and Humanity
Yuval Noah Harari discusses the implications of AI as an increasingly creative agent capable of language, manipulation, and potentially surpassing human thinking. He urges leaders to consider the legal personhood of AIs and the profound societal shifts this could bring, focusing on identity, immigration, and the future of human uniqueness in a world dominated by AI-generated content.
Next Phase of Intelligence
Panelists argued that scaling alone will not deliver reliable next-phase AI. They contrasted scientist AI for honest probabilistic guardrails, continual learning and test-time training, and world models that move from textual knowledge toward physical, social, and philosophical intelligence.