Yuval Noah Harari

Yuval Noah Harari is a world-renowned historian, philosopher, and acclaimed author. Co-founder of Sapienship, a multidisciplinary organisation advocating for global responsibility, he tackles the most significant challenges facing the world today, including ecological collapse, technological disruption, and nuclear threat. Recently making headlines for voicing his concerns with AI, Yuval believes the technology has hacked the operating system of human civilisation with its ability to manipulate and generate language, threatening the survival of human civilisation. With fears that AI could cause the end of democracy, Yuval is outspoken about the need for guardrails in his speaking engagements.

Teaching himself to read at the age of three and undertaking a university degree in International Relations at 17, Yuval is a highly gifted individual. In 2002, he obtained a PhD from the University of Oxford before pursuing post-doctoral studies in history as a Yad Hanadiv Fellow. He currently teaches at the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. One of the world's most influential thinkers, Yuval is an expert on macro-history, pondering ethical questions such as the impact of science and technology in the 21st Century.

An internationally renowned author, he has sold over 45 million copies of his books, which have been translated into 65 languages. His New York Times bestselling book, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, has sold 25 million copies alone and has been recommended by Barrack Obama, Bill Gates and Natalie Portman, and is credited with revolutionising the non-fiction market. Yuval is also known for his critically acclaimed book Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century and graphic novel series Sapiens: A Graphic History. In recognition of his accomplished publications, he received the US Association of Foreign Press Correspondent Honorary Award and the Handelsbatt's German Economic Book Award, among others.

Yuval is also a frequent contributor to the Guardian, Economist, Financial Times, and Nature magazine and has appeared on CNN, CBS, and the BBC. The first to ever deliver a TED Talk presented by a digital avatar in 2018, as seen in the TEDx Talk Why Fascism Is So Tempting - and How Your Data Could Power It, Yuval also spoke on the main stage at the World Economic Forum Davos in 2018 and 2020. Yuval has also delivered two other TEDx Talks, titled Bananas in Heaven and Why Humans Run the World, along with having delivered a Talks at Google on 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. An eminent scholar and intellectual powerhouse, he regularly discusses complex issues with distinguished individuals, such as the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Mark Zuckerberg. Becoming one of the most prominent advocates for the regulation of AI, in his speaking sessions, Yuval warns about the threat to human civilisation from AI-generated culture. Book Yuval now for a captivating presentation on AI.