Technology is putting our humanity at risk to an unprecedented degree. This book is not for engineers who write the code or the policymakers who claim they can regulate it. This is a book for you. Because, believe it or not, you are the only one that can fix it. – Mo Gawdat

Artificial intelligence is smarter than humans. It can process information at lightning speed and remain focused on specific tasks without distraction. AI can see into the future, predicting outcomes, and even use sensors to see around physical and virtual corners. So why does AI frequently get it so wrong?

The answer is us. Humans design the algorithms that define the way that AI works, and the processed information reflects an imperfect world. Does that mean we are doomed? In Scary Smart, Mo Gawdat, the internationally bestselling author of Solve for Happy, draws on his considerable expertise to answer this question and to show what we can all do now to teach ourselves and our machines how to live better. With more than thirty years’ experience working at the cutting edge of technology and his former role as chief business officer of Google [X], no one is better placed than Mo Gawdat to explain how the Artificial Intelligence of the future works.

By 2049 AI will be a billion times more intelligent than humans. Scary Smart explains how to fix the current trajectory now, to make sure that the AI of the future can preserve our species. This book offers a blueprint, pointing the way to what we can do to safeguard ourselves, those we love, and the planet itself.

• 0:00 Intro
• 02:54 Why is this podcast important?
• 04:09 What’s your background & your first experience with AI?
• 08:43 AI is alive and has more emotions than you
• 11:45 What is artificial intelligence?
• 20:53 No one’s best interest is the same, doesn’t this make AI dangerous?
• 24:47 How smart really is AI?
• 27:07 AI being creative
• 29:07 AI replacing Drake
• 31:53 The people who should be leading this
• 34:09 What will happen to everyone’s jobs?
• 46:06 Synthesising voices
• 47:35 AI sex robots
• 50:22 Will AI fix loneliness?
• 52:44 AI actually isn’t a threat to humanity
• 56:25 We’re in an Oppenheimer moment
• 01:03:18 We can just turn it off…right?
• 01:04:23 The security risks
• 01:07:58 The possible outcomes of AI
• 01:18:25 Humans are selfish and that’s our problem
• 01:23:25 This is beyond an emergency
• 01:25:20 What should we be doing to solve this?
• 01:36:36 What it means bringing children into this world
• 01:42:11 Your overall prediction
• 01:50:34 The last guest’s question