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Mo Gawdat

Former Chief Business Officer of Google [X] & Serial Entrepreneur

'The AI Dilemma: Navigating Ethics in the Age of Innovation'

After working for IBM and Microsoft, Mo landed a job at Google and helped start the platform in more than 50 emerging markets across the Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe. He then joined Google [X] as chief business officer and lived at the cutting edge of technology.

Google [X] is Google’s semi-secret innovation arm where Mo led the business strategy, planning, sales, business development and partnerships. [X] does not attempt to achieve incremental improvements in the way the world works, but instead, it tries to develop new technologies that will reinvent the way things are and deliver a radical, ten fold—10X—improvement.

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01. SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR
 

Mo has cofounded more than 20 businesses. He served as a board member in several technology, health and fitness, and consumer goods companies as well as several government technology and innovation boards in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. 

02. ACKNOWLEDGED AI EXPERT
 

Mo Gawdat is a prominent figure in AI, focusing on its impact in business and personal growth. He’s known for discussing AI ethics, benefits, and risks. His insights cover areas like machine learning, robotics, and more. 

03. AUTHOR OF "SCARY SMART"
 

Even before ChatGPT was born, Mo wrote the bestselling book "Scary Smart" which delves into AI's future and advocating for ethical development to ensure AI benefits society. 

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What to learn from Mo Gawdat?

'The AI Dilemma'

Providing a 30-year tech insider’s overview of the state of this technology, present and future, Mo goes on to address the pressing ethical questions this impending science fiction-like reality will bring.:

  • Where AI might be heading as a technology.
  • Ethical questions to consider as a business leader.
  • The role each of us and our businesses have to play to ensure that AI will be a driver for positive change.