Harari: as AI automates finance at machine speed, accountability cannot be automated
Olivier__OG · x · 2026-09-19
Yuval Noah Harari raises an uncomfortable question about AI in finance: what happens when machines become so embedded in markets that humans can no longer understand why the system behaves the way it does? The challenge isn't whether AI makes financial decisions, but whether humans can still understand, audit, and intervene when decisions interact at machine speed. Finance may be increasingly automated—but accountability cannot be. (via The Economist)
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