AI Will Create Digital Vassal States | Yuval Noah Harari

Nov 8, 2026 | AI is on the cusp of achieving superintelligence that is beyond anything humans can comprehend. It might be able to solve new mathematical problems, find a cure for cancer, or tackle climate change. But anything able to do so will be, by definition, far more intelligent than us.

Will we still be in control then? Historically and biologically, no less intelligent species has ever controlled a far more intelligent one.