
Show Notes
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.
Heexplains:
◾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
- Intro
- Why Mo Warned About AI Before Anyone Else
- Can AI Be a Net Positive for Humanity?
- Massive Job Disruption Worldwide
- Will AI Cost Savings Create New Jobs?
- What Happens to Blue Collar Jobs?
- How 10–15% Job Loss Reshapes Society
- How Civil Unrest Could Unfold
- Sam Altman's Flip-Flopping on AI
- Is Sam Altman Pro-Humanity?
- Imagining a Future Where Humanity Is Fine
- Will One Superintelligence Rule the World?
- If AGI Is Already Here, What Now?
- Why Human Lived Experience Still Matters
- Why Not Just Hire AGI Instead of People?
- Can We Control AI Smarter Than Us?
- Could AI Decide to Leave the Server?
- The Risk of Models Even Creators Don't Understand
- AI Isn't Evil But We Need a Plan
- Ads
- The Symptoms of AGI by 2030
- 01:13:59If the US Stops, Will We Become China's Lapdog?
- Should Governments Invest More in AI?
- Can an Economy of Entrepreneurs Work?
- Do We Need to Join the AI Arms Race?
- Will Global Competition Build Better AI?
- Ads
- Who Will Prioritize Ethical AI?
- Whose Economy Works for the Middle Class?
- Can Ethical AI Still Be Engaging?
- Has This Ever Happened Without Government?
- What Absolute Dystopia Looks Like
- Are You Optimistic About AI?
- Does Happiness Matter More in the AI Age?
- The Legacy Mo Gawdat Wants to Leave
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