An Honest Conversation on AI and Humanity

About this episode

The episode discusses the choices needed to balance technological innovation with humanity in the age of AI.

What choices must we make today to build a future balanced between technological innovation and humanity? Explore and discuss how a history of the future offers lessons for navigating the transformative age of AI. Speakers: Yuval Noah Harari, Distinguished Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk Irene Tracey, Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford This is the full audio from a session at the Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos. Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/an-honest-conversation-on-ai-and-humanity-ca19ea8c96/ Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts : YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe : https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe : https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe : https://pod.link/1574956552

People in this episode

Guests: Yuval Noah Harari, Irene Tracey

Topics covered

• AI
• humanity
• technological innovation
• future
• transformative age

Keywords

• AI
• humanity
• technological innovation
• future
• Davos
• Annual Meeting
• Yuval Noah Harari
• Irene Tracey

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Organizations: Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Oxford, World Economic Forum

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