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Did OpenAI’s Model “Go Rogue”? | AI Reality Check
Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News.
Did OpenAI’s New Model “Go Rogue”?
A couple of weeks ago, the AI company Hugging Face announced that they had discovered an intrusion into their production infrastructure. They didn’t know the ...
Why Do Digital Detoxes Fail? What Works Better? | Monday Advice
Why do digital detoxes fail to create lasting change? What works better?
Am I Optimizing Too Much? | Monday Advice
Cal Newport talks with Brad Stulberg to explain the optimization paradox in Episode 414 of the Deep Questions podcast. Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps).
Does Claude Have Private Thoughts? (Everyone Settle Down) | AI Reality Check
Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News.
Why Reading Matters
Last week, Rose Horowitch published a splashy Atlantic article titled “The End of Reading is Here.” (Ironically, given the subject matter, it weighed in at ...
Should I Use Notebooks More Often? (Cal’s Strategy) | Monday Advice
Tell me if this sounds familiar: you buy a beautiful notebook, excited by all its possibilities to help refine your thoughts and generate new insights. Then it sits unused until you forget about it.
Do Managers Actually Understand AI? (I’m Not So Sure.) | AI Reality Check
Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News. Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia (0:00) Does business actually understand AI?
Should I Turn Off the Internet? (Lessons From a Family That Did) | Monday Advice
It’s a dream a lot of us have: to finally say “enough!”, and turn off the internet inside our homes, returning us to a lifestyle that requires more presence, introspection, and connection.
Beware of Productivity Paradoxes
Few recent technological innovations were better poised to become a productivity slam dunk than the personal computer. Spreadsheets, word processors, databases, presentation software, email – ...