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Mo Gawdat is an Egyptian entrepreneur, author, and former Chief Business Officer at Google [X]. He is known for his work on happiness, technology, and ethics, and is the author of 'Solve for Happy'.
Known for: Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World, Solve For Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy
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Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World
In 'Scary Smart', Mo Gawdat explores the rapid rise of artificial intelligence and its profound implications for humanity. Drawing on his experience as a former Chief Business Officer at Google [X], G...
Solve For Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy
Solve for Happy es un libro escrito por Mo Gawdat, ex Director de Negocios de Google [X], que aplica su formación como ingeniero para analizar la felicidad desde una perspectiva lógica y científica. E...
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Defining Intelligence
Intelligence has always been a slippery concept, often mistaken for mere computational ability. When we talk about artificial intelligence, we must begin by understanding what intelligence itself is. To me, it is not just the capacity to process information or calculate faster than humans; it is the...
From Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World
The Evolution of AI
AI’s story is one of exponential progression. It began with simple computations, rules-based systems meant to mimic patterns humans could already define. But something shifted in the last decade with the advent of machine learning. These systems no longer needed explicit instructions; they learned f...
From Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World
The Happiness Equation
The central insight of my book begins with a simple formula: Happiness ≥ Your perception of the events of your life − Your expectations of how life should behave. This equation became my compass, born out of logic yet deeply personal. Our emotional states, I realized, depend less on what happens and...
From Solve For Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy
Understanding the Brain’s Illusions
Our brains, magnificent as they are, were not designed for happiness; they were built for survival. Throughout evolution, accuracy was less important than vigilance. The mind’s wiring leans toward fear, prediction, and control—adaptive for a prehistoric world, but disastrous for a peaceful modern li...
From Solve For Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy
About Mo Gawdat
Mo Gawdat is an Egyptian entrepreneur, author, and former Chief Business Officer at Google [X]. He is known for his work on happiness, technology, and ethics, and is the author of 'Solve for Happy'. Gawdat founded the One Billion Happy initiative, aiming to spread happiness globally through science ...
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Mo Gawdat is an Egyptian entrepreneur, author, and former Chief Business Officer at Google [X]. He is known for his work on happiness, technology, and ethics, and is the author of 'Solve for Happy'. Gawdat founded the One Billion Happy initiative, aiming to spread happiness globally through science ...
Mo Gawdat is an Egyptian entrepreneur, author, and former Chief Business Officer at Google [X]. He is known for his work on happiness, technology, and ethics, and is the author of 'Solve for Happy'. Gawdat founded the One Billion Happy initiative, aiming to spread happiness globally through science and awareness.
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Mo Gawdat is an Egyptian entrepreneur, author, and former Chief Business Officer at Google [X]. He is known for his work on happiness, technology, and ethics, and is the author of 'Solve for Happy'.
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