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ChatBots Are Killing People!
With all the recent discussion of the potential catastrophic impacts AI might cause in the future, we’re losing track of the significant harms it is already causing right now.
A Dramatic Solution for Brain Rot
A recent New York Times op-ed reveals the true nature of “brain rot,” and in doing so reveals a much larger problem affecting us all.
Your Phone Is Stealing the Life You Actually Want | Cal Newport - The School of Greatness with Lewis Howes - Podcast on iVoox
Listen to this episode of The School of Greatness with Lewis Howes for free on iVoox.
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.