Yuval Noah Harari: How to safeguard your mind in the age of junk information

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“All information technologies up to the 21st century were organic networks based on our organic brain.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, We can split the atom but not distinguish truth. Our information is failing us ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thZUMaGEE-8&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD Yuval Noah Harari sees one glaring problem at the heart of our quest for an AI-led world: The incompatibility of humans and the always-on information cycles. Harari cautions that organic beings trying to force themselves into these 24/7 inorganic cycles will eventually fail, and bring about their own destruction. His solution? Clear delineation of inorganic information, and a strict diet for your consumption. 00:00 If humans are so smart, how’d we get here? 00:55 Automatic machines vs AI 02:21 How new tech changes our social fabric 03:29 Organic cycles based on human rhythms 04:57 Inorganic cycles based on AI 06:18 Should AIs become legal persons? 07:46 The huge risks of an AI-centered world 08:15 The biggest misconception about information 09:37 How to safeguard ourselves in the era of AI 11:05 Self-correction and the banning of fake humans 12:24 Go on an information diet Read the video transcript ► https://bigthink.com/series/the-big-think-interview/inorganic-intelligence/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=youtube_description ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go Deeper with Big Think: ►Become a Big Think Member Get exclusive content, early, ad-free access to new releases, and more. https://www.youtube.com/@bigthink/membership/ ►Subscribe to Big Think on Substack Explore content that enlightens, inspires, and transforms. https://bigthinkmedia.substack.com/subscribe/ ►Get Big Think+ for Business Engage learners like never before with high-impact video microlearning from the biggest thinkers in the world. https://bigthink.com/plus/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=youtube_description ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Yuval Noah Harari: Prof. Yuval Noah Harari is a historian, philosopher, and the bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, the series Sapiens: A Graphic History and Unstoppable Us, and Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI. His books have sold over 45 Million copies in 65 languages, and he is considered one of the world’s most influential public intellectuals today.