https://blog.poleprediction.com/tags/review/Recent content in Review on Allanderek's blogHugo -- 0.139.0en-usWed, 24 Jun 2026 16:33:44 +0000https://blog.poleprediction.com/posts/mo-gawdat-diary-of-a-ceo/Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:33:44 +0000https://blog.poleprediction.com/posts/mo-gawdat-diary-of-a-ceo/<p>I was asked to watch an episode of Steven Bartlett&rsquo;s Diary of a CEO <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwlgFC6S-OE">featuring Mo Gawdat introduced as an Ex-Google officer available here</a>.</p> <p>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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_fallacy">motte-and-bailey argument</a> 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.</p>