At the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 20, 2026, historian Yuval Noah Harari warned that AI could dominate anything built on language—including law, literature, and religion.
He noted that faiths like Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are "book-based," with ultimate authority in sacred texts rather than people. Judaism, he said, calls itself "the religion of the book," prioritising words over human interpreters.
Harari asked: "What happens when the greatest expert on the holy book is an AI?"
He argued AI's superior ability to process and synthesise vast texts means it could effectively "take over" these domains, as language is humanity's core superpower now at risk.
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