The Intelligence from The Economist

An interview with Yuval Noah Harari

Donnerstag, 20. August 2026 · 1 h 08

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<p>Yuval Noah Harari is a big-ideas guy. Known for penning tomes that tackle broad sweeps of history, the historian-cum-philosopher has now turned his attention to AI. He joins Zanny Minton Beddoes, <em>The Economist</em>’s editor-in-chief, for <a href="google.com/url?q=https://www.economist.com/ins…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Insider</a>, our video show for premium subscribers. They discuss why Mr Harari believes AIs will come to control civilisation—and what it might mean to be human in that world.</p><br><p><em>Watch the </em><a href="economist.com/insider/the-insider/an-interview…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>full show</em></a><em>—and </em><a href="econ.st/4nOyzIb"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>sign up</em></a><em> to the Insider newsletter.</em></p><br><p><em>Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—</em><a href="economist.com/subscribe"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>subscribe to The Economist</em></a><em>.</em></p>

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