40: Mo Gawdat | Scary Smart: How Artificial Intelligence Will Change Our World with Mo Gawdat, Bestselling Author
Care More Be Better: A Podcast For Sustainable Social Impact and Regeneration
Corinna Bellizzi
5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2021
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Artificial Intelligence may provide more creative solutions to global warming and social problems than we have yet conceived, but how will it change our future? What do we need to be aware of? How might we each take part in saving our world with the help of AI? Corinna is joined by Mo Gawdat, former Chief Business Officer of Google X.
Mo is also the host of a popular podcast, Slo Mo, and the international bestselling author of Solve For Happy. His new book, Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World, will be released September 30, 2021.
More About Our Guest: Mo Gawdat
Mo has made happiness his primary topic of research, diving deeply into literature and conversing on the topic with some of the wisest people in the world. In 2014, motivated by the tragic loss of his son, Ali, Mo began pouring his findings into his book, Solve for Happy. His mission to help one billion people become happier, #OneBillionHappy, is his attempt to honor Ali by spreading the message that happiness can be learned and shared. In 2020, Mo launched his successful podcast, Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat, in which he conducts interviews that explore the extraordinary lives of everyday people. His latest book, Scary Smart, releases September 30, 2021.
Connect with Mo:
Website: www.mogawdat.com Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/mgawdat
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mogawdat
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mogawdat
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/mogawdat
Episode Highlights and Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
03:40 Solve For Happy – Bestselling Book and One Billion Happy Not-For-Profit
10:00 Rebirth From Grief
16:20 Slow Down – The Purpose Behind “Slo Mo” Podcast (Is The Carrot Worth It?)
22:38 Artificial Intelligence – Preparing For A Future Led By Machines That Are Smarter Thank Humans
33:18 Defining Singulartity As It Relates to AI
37:19 Consequences of Our Behavior
42:20 Ethics + Punishment of AI
46:00 Sentience In AI
48:00 The Importance of Shared Values With AI: Happiness, Compassion, Love
50:20 The Donald Trump Tweet Example – How AI Learns From Our Actions / Inactions
54:20 How Can We Create A “Good” Artificial Intelligence That Supports Utopia
01:01:20 Believe In Utopia
01:02:10 Preorder Offer Details
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Imagine you and me sitting in front of the campfire in 255 while I tell you the story of |
| 0:09.0 | what happened with AI since 2021. |
| 0:13.0 | And the only thing I will not tell you is why we are in the middle of nowhere sitting in front of a campfire. |
| 0:19.0 | Is it because we're escaping from the machines, or is it because we've managed to build |
| 0:24.2 | a utopia that allows us to enjoy life? |
| 0:27.0 | Welcome to Care More Be Better, a podcast for people like you who care about the social |
| 0:32.7 | impact of conscious companies and everyday heroes. |
| 0:36.5 | Hear inspiring stories from those who put people in planet before profit and personal gain. |
| 0:41.7 | You'll learn how you can make a difference. |
| 0:43.6 | Vote with your dollars and get involved today. |
| 0:46.6 | Here's your host, Karina Belizzi. |
| 0:51.3 | Hello, fellow do-goaters and friends. |
| 0:53.3 | I'm your host, Karina Blizzy, an activist and cause marketer who's passionate about social impact and sustainability. |
| 0:59.7 | Today, we're going to talk about the future of technology and artificial intelligence. |
| 1:04.4 | Supporters of this created intelligence believe it can help solve real problems from global warming to our social systems, |
| 1:11.7 | which is exactly why it's relevant for us to talk about today. But what risks does it pose? |
| 1:17.1 | What more do we really need to know? To help us tease through all of this today, I'm joined by |
| 1:23.0 | Mo Gaudat. Mo Gaudat is the former chief business officer at Google X. He's the international |
| 1:29.6 | bestselling author of Solve for Happy and the host of a hit podcast called Slow Mo, a podcast with |
| 1:35.8 | Mo Gaudat. He is the author of a new book called Scary Smart, The Future of Artificial |
| 1:41.5 | Intelligence and How You can save our world. |
| 1:44.8 | It's released September 30th, 2021. |
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