We need to learn who we are before algorithms decide for us

Capehart

The Washington Post

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🗓️ 9 October 2018

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Yuval Noah Harari, author of '21 lessons for the 21st century', discusses artificial intelligence, the algorithms that control it and the people who control our data. This conversation was originally recorded at Sixth & I in Washington D.C.

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0:15.0	I'm Jonathan Kapart and welcome to Cape Up.
0:22.0	Renee. I'm Jonathan Kapart and welcome to Cape Up.
0:23.0	Renowned writer Yval Noah Harare, author of Sapiens and Homo deos, is out with a new book called
0:30.7	21 Lessons for the 21st Century. In it he raises real concerns
0:35.2	about artificial intelligence and the algorithms that power it and about the people
0:39.9	who control all our data. He touches on nationalism and how truth and power are necessarily
0:46.4	incompatible. And he stresses the need for all of us to know who we are before the algorithms
0:52.4	tell us.
0:53.5	This conversation was originally recorded before a packed house
0:56.8	at the Sixth Deny Synagogue here in Washington
0:59.2	on September 6th, and has been edited for content and clarity.
1:03.0	So is this the reception you get every time around the world?
1:10.0	Sometimes.
1:11.0	Applause? Sometimes. Appause.
1:13.0	Sometimes.
1:15.0	Depends where...
1:17.0	Well, Yavol, thank you very much for being here for your latest book.
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