Mo Gawdat - Scary Smart: A former Google exec’s perspective on AI risk

Joining the TDS Podcast this week is Mo Gawdat, an entrepreneur and senior tech executive who spent several years as the Chief Business Officer at GoogleX (now called X Development), Google’s semi-secret research facility, that experiments with moonshot projects like self-driving cars, flying vehicles, and geothermal energy. He and host Jeremie Harris discussed his experiences as well as his new book, Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World. Intro music: ➞ Artist: Ron Gelinas ➞ Track Title: Daybreak Chill Blend (original mix) ➞ Link to Track: 0:00 Intro 2:00 Mo’s background 7:45 GoogleX projects 14:20 Return on investment 21:40 Not creating another machine 28:00 AI as an embedded agent 41:35 Changing human behaviour 53:35 Goals and power seeking 58:45 Wrap-up