The Case Against Superintelligence | Cal Newport

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Cal Newport makes his case against superintelligence in episode 377 of the Deep Questions podcast. Buy Cal Newport's latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow Techno-philosopher Eliezer Yudkowsky recently went on Ezra Klein's podcast to argue that if we continue on our path toward superintelligent AI, these machines will destroy humanity. In this episode, Cal responds to Yudkowsky’s argument point by point, concluding with a more general claim that these general styles of discussions suffer from what he calls “the philosopher’s fallacy,” and are distracting us from real problems with AI that are actually afflicting us right now. He then answers listener questions about AI, responds to listener comments from an earlier AI episode, and ends by discussing Alpha schools, which claim to use AI to 2x the speed of education. Download my FREE Deep Life Guide HERE: https://bit.ly/3QBIcug Listen to Episode Here: https://www.thedeeplife.com/listen/ Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/3U3sTvo Get a signed copy of Cal’s “Slow Productivity” at https://peoplesbooktakoma.com/event/cal-newport/ Cal’s monthly book directory: bramses.notion.site/059db2641def4a88988b4d2cee4657ba? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nn0-kAE5c0 https://alpha.school/the-program/ https://www.astralcodexten.com/i/166959786/part-three-how-alpha-works-part Thanks to our Sponsors: https://www.byloftie.com (Use code “DEEP20”) https://www.expressvpn.com/deep https://www.shopify.com/deep https://www.vanta.com/deepquestions 0:00 The Case Against Superintelligence 1:06:36 How should students think about “AI Literacy”? 1:09:07 Did AI blackmail an engineer to not turn it off? 1:12:34 Can I use AI to mask my laziness? 1:17:00 Cal reads LM comments 1:22:00 Clarification on Lincoln Protocol 1:24:51 Are AI-Powered Schools the Future? Connect with Cal Newport: 🔴Visit Cal's BLOG and website: https://calnewport.com/blog/ 🔴Check out Cal's books: https://calnewport.com/writing/ 🔴Check out The Deep Life: https://thedeeplife.com About Cal Newport: Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University. In addition to his academic research, he writes about the intersection of digital technology and culture. Cal's particularly interested in our struggle to deploy these tools in ways that support instead of subvert the things we care about in both our personal and professional lives. Cal is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including, most recently, A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. He's also the creator of The Time-Block Planner. The videos are considered to be used under the "Fair Use Doctrine" of United States Copyright Law, Title 17 U.S. Code Sections 107-118. Videos are used for editorial and educational purposes only and I do not claim ownership of any original video content. I don't use said video clips in advertisements, marketing or for direct financial gain. All video content in each clip is considered owned by the individual broadcast companies. #CalNewport #DeepWork #DeepLife #DeepQuestions #TimeblockPlanner #WorldWithoutEmail #DeepQuestionsPodcast