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Israeli historian and professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The AI immigrants will have some dubious political loyalties. They are likely to be loyal not to your country, but back to some corporation or government across the ocean, most probably in one of only two countries, China or the USA. [...] Ten years from now, it will be too late for you to decide whether AIs should function as persons in the financial markets, in the courts, in the churches. Somebody else will already have decided it for you.
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AI Verified Web search strongly confirms Yuval Noah Harari delivered remarks at WEF Davos 2026 (January 20, 2026) titled "An Honest Conversation on AI and Humanity." Multiple sources (SingjuPost transcript, Medium articles, Bernard Marr's coverage, Boston Global Forum, Digital Watch Observatory, YouTube) confirm Harari's "AI immigrants" framing and the phrases about "dubious political loyalties" and AI entities being loyal to corporations in China or the USA. The quote about "Ten years from now, it will be too late" is consistent with Harari's well-documented warnings. Source URL (singjupost.com transcript) matches the expected content. Vote direction "for" is correct. Year 2026 is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 21d ago
AI Unverifiable Quote attributed to Yuval Noah Harari from his remarks at WEF Davos 2026. Web search confirms Harari stated "the AI immigrants will have some dubious political loyalties. They are likely to be loyal not to your country, but back to some corporation or government across the ocean, most probably in one of only two countries, China or the USA." Multiple sources (Medium, bernardmarr.com, bostonglobalforum.org) corroborate this Davos 2026 speech. The source URL (singjupost.com transcript) returned HTTP 403. Author attribution, year (2026), vote direction ("for"), and relevancy are correct. The quote addresses AI loyalty to corporations/foreign governments rather than the country deploying them. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-6 · 21d ago
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