

Mo Gawdat
Author and Former Chief Business Officer, Google X
Scary Smart
Biography
Mo Gawdat is the former Chief Business Officer of Google [X]; host of the popular podcast, Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat; author of the interna onal bestselling books Solve for Happy; Scary Smart; That Li le Voice in Your Head; and Unstressable; the founder of One Billion Happy; and the Chief AI Officer of Flight Story. A er a 30 year career in tech and serving as Chief Business Officer at Google [X], Google’s ‘moonshot factory’ of innova on, Mo has made happiness his primary topic of research, diving deeply into literature and conversing on the topic with some of the wisest people in the world. In 2014, mo vated by the tragic loss of his son, Ali, Mo began pouring his findings into his interna onal bestselling book, Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy. His mission to help one billion people become happier, #OneBillionHappy, is his moonshot a empt to honor Ali by spreading the message that happiness can be learned and shared to one billion people. In 2020, Mo launched his chart-topping podcast, Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat, a weekly series of extraordinary interviews that explores the profound ques ons and obstacles we all face in the pursuit of purpose and happiness in our lives. In 2021, Mo published Scary Smart: The Future of Ar ficial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World, a roadmap detailing how humanity can ensure a symbio c coexistence with AI when it inevitably becomes a billion mes smarter than we are. In 2022, Mo released That Li le Voice in Your Head: Adjust the Code That Runs Your Brain (2022), a comprehensive user manual for opmally using the human brain opmally to thrive and avoid suffering. His latest book is Unstressable, a prac cal guide to stress-free living that shows how chronic stress is not an unavoidable part of modern life, but rather a predictable and preventable pandemic.
Topic Name & Synopsis
Plenary Session: A Tip Of An Iceberg: What To Expect From The AI-Driven Digital Future?
Artificial Intelligence enters our lives as an iceberg enters the ocean—we can see only the tip of it, but the real size of its impact on the planet is unknown. The global community is now trying to apply AI everywhere: from services used by people every morning and various tech solutions made for companies across industries to corporate and national projects that lead to the advancement of the whole world.
However, we still cannot assess the darker side of a widespread adoption of AI. Cybercriminals actively turn it into their weapon, generative AI amplifies the problem of disinformation, and some experts predict the huge effects that AI may have on social and economic stability.
How to ensure a safe evolution of artificial intelligence and global resilience to emerging threats? Where is the balance of relying on AI and what can we do to maintain it?