Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari warns about the rise of autonomous intelligence: ‘AI is not a tool, it is an agent’

Israeli historian and celebrated author Yuval Noah Harari, best known for his groundbreaking book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, has issued a stark warning about artificial intelligence (AI). In a recent video shared by Instagram page @artificialintelligencenews.in, Harari makes a compelling argument that AI is not merely a tool under human control but an independent agent capable of making its own decisions—some of which could alter the course of history.

Harari, a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is renowned for his…