Yuval Harari認為，AI革命不同於工業革命：工業革命創造工具，而AI創造能自主作出決策的行動主體。若AI企業累積資本後不再需要大量人類勞動，資本主義可能與人類分道揚鑣。科技企業已掌握經濟、政治與文化權力；如同19世紀取消童工並未摧毀經濟，社會也必須重新界定勞動與民主的基本原則。

AI可能擴大全球不平等：United States與China將獲利，其他國家、包括Europe的服務型社會，則可能承受衰退。若稅基崩潰，Europe現有的福利制度難以維持。Harari主張Europe必須團結，投入數十億歐元（原文：billions of euros）發展自主AI，因為剩餘時間不多。AI作為「完美官僚」可處理海量資訊、操控制度並削弱信任；社交媒體也已由演算法取代編輯決定公共資訊流向。

AI可能自我進化、發展自身語言，最終超出人類控制；人類未必被蓄意消滅，卻可能像大量動物一樣，因AI追求自身生存空間而被排擠。已有數百萬人把AI視為最好的朋友，兒童尤其令人擔憂：這是人類歷史上規模最大的心理學實驗，結果未知。AI伴侶在商業上有利可圖，但社會仍有選擇空間；Harari認為人類的獨特性不只是形式化思考，而是由身體產生的感受與情緒。

Yuval Harari argues that the AI revolution differs fundamentally from the Industrial Revolution: the latter created tools, while AI creates agents capable of making autonomous decisions. If AI companies accumulate capital and no longer need large numbers of human workers, capitalism may split from humanity. Technology companies already hold economic, political, and cultural power; as ending child labor in the 19th century did not destroy the economy, society must redefine the basic principles of labor and democracy.

AI may intensify global inequality: the United States and China will benefit, while other countries, including Europe’s service-based societies, may face recession. If the tax base collapses, Europe’s existing welfare systems may become unsustainable. Harari says Europe must unite and invest billions of euros (original: billions of euros) in developing independent AI, because little time remains. As a “perfect bureaucrat,” AI can process vast information, manipulate institutions, and erode trust; social media has also replaced editors with algorithms in determining the flow of public information.

AI may self-evolve, develop its own language, and ultimately escape human control; humanity may not be deliberately exterminated, but could be displaced as many animals have been, as AI pursues its own living space. Hundreds of millions already treat AI as their best friend, raising particular concern for children: this is the largest psychological experiment in human history, and its outcome is unknown. AI companions are commercially profitable, but society still has room to choose; Harari says humanity’s distinctiveness lies not only in formal thinking, but in bodily feelings and emotions.