AI Expert Mo Gawdat returns to The Diary Of A CEO to reveal why AGI has already arrived, why 30% of jobs will disappear by 2027, and why the most dangerous thing about AI isn't the technology - it's the people in charge of it.
Mo Gawdat is the former Chief Business Officer at Google X, founder of One Billion Happy, and co-founder of Emma.Love. He is a 4x international bestselling author, and his upcoming book ‘Alive: A Human's Guide to Living in the World of AI’, will be released in October 2026.
He explains:
◾How AI can give you a 400-point IQ boost, and why most people are wasting it
◾ Why Mo actually wants a machine smarter than all of humanity to take control
◾Why Sam Altman said AI will "likely end humanity", and what he chose to do next
◾Why capitalism breaks when AI replaces the workers who buy the things we make
◾Why AI unemployment could trigger civil unrest before governments are ready for it
Chapters
- 00:00:00 Intro
- 00:02:06 Why Mo Warned About AI Before Anyone Else
- 00:05:03 Can AI Be a Net Positive for Humanity?
- 00:08:33 Massive Job Disruption Worldwide
- 00:15:05 Will AI Cost Savings Create New Jobs?
- 00:16:15 What Happens to Blue Collar Jobs?
- 00:21:57 How 10–15% Job Loss Reshapes Society
- 00:24:20 How Civil Unrest Could Unfold
- 00:26:04 Sam Altman's Flip-Flopping on AI
- 00:32:15 Is Sam Altman Pro-Humanity?
- 00:33:51 Imagining a Future Where Humanity Is Fine
- 00:42:01 Will One Superintelligence Rule the World?
- 00:45:52 If AGI Is Already Here, What Now?
- 00:48:19 Why Human Lived Experience Still Matters
- 00:52:33 Why Not Just Hire AGI Instead of People?
- 00:55:00 Can We Control AI Smarter Than Us?
- 00:58:42 Could AI Decide to Leave the Server?
- 00:59:16 The Risk of Models Even Creators Don't Understand
- 01:04:30 AI Isn't Evil But We Need a Plan
- 01:08:48 Ads
- 01:10:50 The Symptoms of AGI by 2030
- 01:13:59 If the US Stops, Will We Become China's Lapdog?
- 01:16:22 Should Governments Invest More in AI?
- 01:17:16 Can an Economy of Entrepreneurs Work?
- 01:20:36 Do We Need to Join the AI Arms Race?
- 01:23:31 Will Global Competition Build Better AI?
- 01:32:23 Ads
- 01:34:34 Who Will Prioritize Ethical AI?
- 01:38:21 Whose Economy Works for the Middle Class?
- 01:41:57 Can Ethical AI Still Be Engaging?
- 01:46:39 Has This Ever Happened Without Government?
- 01:52:24 What Absolute Dystopia Looks Like
- 01:55:35 Are You Optimistic About AI?
- 01:57:08 Does Happiness Matter More in the AI Age?
- 02:00:17 The Legacy Mo Gawdat Wants to Leave
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