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Are We About to Lose Control of AI? | AI Reality Check

21 min•11 juni 2026

Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News.


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


(0:00) Are we about to lose control of AI?

(3:04) How much should we be afraid of recursive self improvement?

(7:52) Are these fears justified?

(9:36) Faster software development doesn’t equal smarter AI

(12:25) These tools are completely controllable

(16:52) Taking a step back


Links:

Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow 

https://www.anthropic.com/institute/recursive-self-improvement


Thanks to Jesse Miller for production and mastering and Nate Mechler for research and newsletter.

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