Mo Gawdat: “Life is a Video Game!” | The Shocking Case for Intelligent Design (#389)

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win a meteorite Will AI destroy humanity? Can we bring the dead
back to life? And is there any convincing evidence for intelligent
design?  Joining me today to explore these fascinating topics
is none other than Mo Gawdat! Mo is the founder of the non-profit
organization One Billion Happy and host of the #1 mental health
podcast Slo Mo. He is the author of the bestselling books Solve for
Happy and Scary Smart and used to work as chief business officer at
Google X.  Mo has profoundly shaped my perspectives on
artificial intelligence, fatherhood, happiness, and the biggest
questions in the universe. I’m sure he will have the same impact on
you, so without further ado, let’s jump right into the
episode!  Tune in.  Key Takeaways: 00:00:00 Intro
00:01:31 Judging two books by their covers  00:07:34 Can a
computer be happy?  00:17:08 Mo’s timeline for AGI 
00:24:40 What it was like to work for X, Google's top-secret
moonshot factory 00:31:37 WIll programmers forget how to
code?  00:35:25 Elon Musk’s new AI  00:39:46 Our
generations y2k problem  00:48:35 The Keating test 00:55:05
Bringing the dead back to life  01:06:36 The case for
intelligent design  01:16:51 How to be happy during
challenging times 01:29:36 The coolest thing ever invented 
01:37:41 Outro — Additional resources: ️ Check out Mo Gawdat:
Website: https://www.mogawdat.com/  ️ Twitter:
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