Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News.

Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia

(0:00) Stop the “doom trolling”
(6:53) Cal’s recent New York Times article
(9:00) Cal’s argument
(10:16) The 2nd option
(12:54) Conclusion
(15:58) Stop playing along with Doom Trolling game
(20:09) Use the term “doom trolling”

Links:
Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at <a href="www.calnewport.com/slow%C2%A0">www.calnewport.com/slow </a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/opinion/ai-dangerous-openai-anthropic.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/opinion/ai-dangerous-openai-anthropic.html</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/opinion/yuval-harari-ai-chatgpt.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/opinion/yuval-harari-ai-chatgpt.html</a>
<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-artificial-intelligence/what-kind-of-mind-does-chatgpt-have">https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-artificial-intelligence/what-kind-of-mind-does-chatgpt-have</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/opinion/anthropic-ai-claude-mythos.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/opinion/anthropic-ai-claude-mythos.html</a>
<a href="https://www.anthropic.com/institute/recursive-self-improvement">https://www.anthropic.com/institute/recursive-self-improvement</a>
<a href="https://x.com/sapinker/status/2067231673268273547">https://x.com/sapinker/status/2067231673268273547</a>
<a href="https://x.com/edzitron/status/2067308832053936276">https://x.com/edzitron/status/2067308832053936276</a>

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