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    Scary Smart
    Mo Gawdat
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    Former Google X executive Mo Gawdat's "Scary Smart" reveals how AI will shape humanity's future. Endorsed by Elizabeth Day as "life-changing," this Sunday Times Business Book of the Year poses a provocative question: can ordinary people - not just engineers - actually save us from artificial intelligence?

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