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Tech Whistleblower: You Only Have 3 Years Left Before This Hits! - Mo Gawdat

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

DOAC

June 1, 2026

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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