Cal Newport joins us on Intentional AI to talk about automating tedious work, protecting judgment, and keeping room for deep thinking. We also discuss digital minimalism and why a robot’s convincing answer can still be wrong.
Episode Links
- Focused Podcast YouTube Channel
- Cal Newport’s Books
- The Deep Life — Cal Newport
- The Economics of Bicycles for the Mind
- Has AI Already Killed How-To Nonfiction? — Tim Ferriss
- Life 3.0 — Max Tegmark
- Deep Questions with Cal Newport
- Mac Power Users 865 — Teddy Svoronos
- Thinking—Fast, Slow, and Artificial
- How AI Is Reshaping Human Intuition and Reasoning — Wharton
- Why A.I. Didn’t Transform Our Lives in 2025 — Cal Newport
- On Digital Minimalism — Cal Newport
- It’s Time to Investigate the AI Labs — Cal Newport
Written by David Sparks
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