"The core of my theory is that it's always one person, always one pebble that starts the landslide. Always one so let's put that in mathematics so that people can understand," he says. "We think of ourselves as so small, but the truth is, you are the one thing that will change the world."
Mo Gawdat was Chief Business Officer of Google X, the experimental development arm of the internet behemoth. He's since written books on how to find happiness and his new one, Scary Smart, warns of the potential dangers posed to the world by super-smart artificial intelligence. Media correspondent for the Sunday Times, Rosamund Urwin, speaks with Mo about the new book, the future of AI, and how business works at the top level of a Silicon Valley tech titan.
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