Israeli PM Says Time Is Running Out to Adapt to ‘AI Revolution’

Benjamin Netanyahu said there needs to be a way to ‘police the planet’ to keep rogue actors in check.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during his visit to an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle center at the Palmachim Airbase, near the city of Rishon LeZion, on July 5, 2023. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sept. 18 that humanity is “far behind the curve” on addressing the risks of artificial intelligence (AI) and that time is running out to get ahead of those concerns.

“It took us, you know, centuries at least to adapt to the Agricultural Revolution,“ Mr. Netanyahu said while discussing the topic live on X, formerly known as Twitter, with the platform’s owner, Elon Musk. ”It took us maybe a century to adapt to the Industrial Revolution. We may have just but a few years and then we’re running out, as we speak, to adapt to the AI Revolution.”