Cal Newport
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The AI Resistance is Forming
After a week spent debating AI’s impact on humanity, Cal wants to turn his attention back to AI’s impact on humans.
Superintelligence is a Fairy Tale. But Chasing It Can Still Cause Harm.
Yesterday, multiple Anthropic employees casually announced online that they thought the types of AI they’re building could kill billions of people. Not in some distant ...
The Real Story Behind GPT-6’s “Stealth Thinking”
Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News.
Anthropic Just Threatened to Kill Billions of People. This Is Not Okay.
Yesterday, Jacob Coxon, an Anthropic engineer, resigned. As he explained on X: “[OpenAI and Anthropic] are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our ...
Wendell Berry and the Promise of the Deep Life
Wendell Berry died last week at 92 at his home in Port Royal, Kentucky, where he farmed his land using traditional techniques and wrote with ...
How to Gain Control of Your Time
It’s that time of year again when Cal tunes up his organizational systems for the onslaught of the fall.
The Truth about OpenAI’s “Secret AI Civilizations”
Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News.
Are We at War with AI Agent “Civilizations”?
I thought I was done talking about the OpenAI hacking attack from July, but I was wrong. Last week, OpenAI released more details about the ...
How to Reinvent Your Life in 2026
Back in 2023, Cal released an episode on a lifestyle design strategy I called the Deep Life Stack.
AI Isn’t “Out of Control” — The AI Companies Are
Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News.