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Will AI destroy humanity? Can we bring the dead back to life? And is there any convincing evidence for intelligent design? 

Joining me today to explore these fascinating topics is none other than Mo Gawdat! Mo is the founder of the non-profit organization One Billion Happy and host of the #1 mental health podcast Slo Mo. He is the author of the bestselling books Solve for Happy and Scary Smart and used to work as chief business officer at Google X. 

Mo has profoundly shaped my perspectives on artificial intelligence, fatherhood, happiness, and the biggest questions in the universe. I’m sure he will have the same impact on you, so without further ado, let’s jump right into the episode! 

Tune in. 

Key Takeaways:

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:31 Judging two books by their covers 

00:07:34 Can a computer be happy? 

00:17:08 Mo’s timeline for AGI 

00:24:40 What it was like to work for X, Google's top-secret moonshot factory

00:31:37 WIll programmers forget how to code? 

00:35:25 Elon Musk’s new AI 

00:39:46 Our generations y2k problem 

00:48:35 The Keating test

00:55:05 Bringing the dead back to life 

01:06:36 The case for intelligent design 

01:16:51 How to be happy during challenging times

01:29:36 The coolest thing ever invented 

01:37:41 Outro

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