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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

Yuval Noah Harari (Extended)

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

News, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, News Commentary, Tv & Film

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Stephen Colbert challenges historian, philosopher, and "Sapiens" author Yuval Noah Harari to explain why artificial intelligence may pose a threat to humanity. In this extended cut of their interview, the bestselling author speculates on how our future could be shaped by AI. Check out his latest book, “Unstoppable Us: Volume Two,” available now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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Ladies and gentlemen, my next guest is an historian philosopher and the best-selling author of Sapiens.

1:07.0

Please welcome Yval Noah Harare.

1:10.0

Nice to meet you before as I was saying backstage I feel like I had interviewed you

1:17.4

before because I've just I've read sapiens I've seen you being interviewed so it feels like we know each other but everybody knows

1:25.7

this book this is Sapiens it is one of the most successful non-fiction books of

1:29.7

all time and it tackled the sort of niche subject you know this niche subject which is the

1:39.1

entire history of humankind and I'm just curious how you describe your field of study since what you

1:46.9

study is everything. I'm a historian but I understand history not as the study of the past rather it's the study of change

1:57.0

of how things change and which what makes it relevant to the present and future

2:03.4

You recently turned your focus from the past to the future, we're talking about now, specifically

2:07.6

the impact of technology.

2:10.3

And it feels like things are changing incredibly fast.

2:15.9

Like this generation is undergoing

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