What the Internet *Keeps* Getting Wrong About AI | Cal Newport

Cal Newport discusses AI, responding to Brett Weinstein's and Geoffrey Hinton's perspectives, and differentiating between impressive language model capabilities and exaggerated fears of AI consciousness or manipulation. He emphasizes the importance of understanding AI's actual mechanisms and limitations, contrasting scientific analysis with speculative storytelling. Newport then answers listener questions about AI's impact on thinking, its various applications beyond language models, and strategies for developers to integrate AI effectively. The episode includes a case study of a listener's organizational system and concludes with Newport addressing comments and questions from a previous episode on regaining the ability to think using notepads.