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But artificial intelligence is one of the biggest threats to human civilization. It's the first technology in history that can make decisions by itself and can therefore take power away from us.

The thing is that it's not a law of nature that in all cases, under all conditions, a distributed system, a decentralized system is always more efficient than a centralized system. This was true in the second half of the 20th century. Now, AI is changing the situation. -- Harari

Understanding what it means for a system to be truly adaptive versus merely responsive
Distinguishing between prediction and comprehension
Recognizing the difference between processing symbols and meaning something by them
Grasping why embodiment and continuous learning might not be incidental features but constitutive ones