Is AI an existential threat to humanity?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is AI an existential threat to humanity?". Your opponent's style: Yuval Noah Harari

I strongly believe that slavery will keep going in today's world conditions.

You're conflating "slavery exists" with "slavery is inevitable." Those are different claims. Modern slavery does persist, but it's shrinking, not expanding. Global slavery prevalence has dropped dramatically since the 1800s despite population growth. You need to explain why current anti-slavery mechanisms, legal frameworks, and international enforcement would suddenly fail. What structural force makes slavery necessary in today's economy when automation and competitive labor markets actively undermine it? You're assuming the worst without explaining the mechanism. The burden is on you to show why economic incentives and legal pressure won't continue eroding it.

Because I have a label company and I need more slaves for maintaining my production system.

You're describing economic desperation, not inevitability. If slavery were actually efficient for your label company, competitors using wage labor would already be undercut by you. They're not. That means free labor costs less than enslaved labor when you account for enforcement, escape risk, productivity loss, and legal liability. You're revealing that slavery persists not because it works economically, but because some actors are willing to absorb massive costs to exploit others. That's a choice, not a law of nature. So the real question becomes: why should we accept your choice as inevitable? Your company's labor problem isn't proof slavery will endure, it's proof you haven't figured out sustainable production.