The personal data that people provide to corporations will end up being used to 'hack' the human being himself, if data collection and artificial intelligence are not regulated, says Israeli anthropologist and writer Yuval Harari.
Speaking to CBS's 60 Minutes, the world-famous author warned that thanks to technological advances, the countries and groups that control the most data will rule the world.
The also professor of history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem believes that control and manipulation methods will become increasingly sophisticated with the use of artificial intelligence.
"Netflix tells us what to watch and Amazon tells us what to buy. Over time, 10, 20, 30 years from now, these algorithms might also tell us what to study in college and where to work and who to marry, and even who to vote for." Harari explains.
The Covid-19 pandemic, he argued, has opened the door to even more intrusive data collection methods. "In the next phase, surveillance will get under our skin," he says.
The anthropologist mentions that it is impossible to control the "explosive power of the artificial intellect" at the national level, so he urges the development of common international standards to prevent the dystopian use of personal data.
In this regard, Hariri proposes a crucial rule as a foundation: if data is taken from people, it should be used to help and not to manipulate. In addition, with the increased surveillance of the people, the surveillance of the corporations and governments that concentrate this data must be intensified. It should also prevent data from being stored in a single center, which he described as a "dictatorship recipe".
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