Review

I was asked to watch an episode of Steven Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO featuring Mo Gawdat introduced as an Ex-Google officer available here. My main takeaway is that Mo Gawdat is largely operating out of his lane in this podcast episode. Though they are only briefly touched on, he does seem to have a grounding in economics / sociology. However, the episode is mostly focused on A.I. and alignment of super-intelligent A.I. I found the episode to be a very frustrating watch, the guest frequently evades the question being asked and dresses up his comments with confident sounding tics. He is also guilty of a motte-and-bailey argument on multiple occasions where he makes a bold claim but retreats to a much less bold claim when challenged. At times the host attempts to challenge him, but on other occasions he gives very lowball questions. ...