This Is Two Years Away, Not Twenty | Mo Gawdat at the World Government Summit

There is nothing wrong with the machines. Mo Gawdat on what is wrong with the people using them. Book Ian for your event → iankhan.com | booking@iankhan.com SUMMARY Mo Gawdat argues that every cost reduction, efficiency gain and simplification of complexity becomes possible with AI, that the danger lies entirely with what bad actors do with the technology rather than the technology itself, and that governments treating this as a distant issue have badly misjudged the timeline. KEY FINDINGS • Cost reduction, efficiency and handling complexity all becoming possible • More intelligence not being a bad thing in itself • The problem sitting with what bad humans do with the machines • Governments working with AI to support citizens and reduce friction • Benefit available to people in any country, anywhere • This being a two-year horizon, not a ten or twenty-year one • What governments should be doing about it now NOTABLE QUOTES "There's nothing wrong with the machines. There is a lot wrong with what bad humans can use the machines for." — Mo Gawdat FEATURING Mo Gawdat, Author & Former Chief Business Officer, Google X FULL TRANSCRIPT iankhan.com/futurist/mo-gawdat-ai-two-years-away Recorded at the World Government Summit, Dubai, for The Futurist. ──────────────────── ABOUT IAN KHAN — GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SECTOR AI KEYNOTE SPEAKER Most AI keynotes end with a better understanding. Mine end with a measured readiness score and a ninety-day plan. Your leadership team is assessed before th