Yuval Noah Harari on Pausing AI at human-genius level to sol…

Yuval Noah Harari

Israeli historian and professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Superintelligence would likely break the very operating system of human civilization – and is completely unnecessary. If we instead focus on building controllable AI tools to help real people today, we can far more reliably and safely realize AI’s incredible benefits.

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Yuval Noah Harari, quoted in Future of Life Institute, “Prominent Scientists, Faith Leaders, Policymakers and Artists Call for a Prohibition on Superintelligence,” March 27, 2026.

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Pausing AI at human-genius level to solve alignment is safer than either racing to superintelligence or halting entirely

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AI Verified The quote supports requiring safety/control safeguards before pursuing superintelligence, making support for the safer pause-and-alignment approach substantially more likely. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The author advocates safety/control requirements before superintelligence; that supports the recorded “for” answer to the pause-and-alignment safety statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Future of Life Institute press release (27 Mar 2026), which reproduces this wording and attributes it to the author. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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