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Cal NewportAn Important Message On AI & Productivity: How To Get Ahead While Others Panic | Cal Newport
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- Released
- March 25, 2024
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- 1h 31m
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- Cal Newport
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Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity”at www.calnewport.com/slow Cal Newport talks about if A.I. can clean our your inbox on Episode 293 of the Deep Questions podcast. Imagine a world in which AI could handle your email inbox on your behalf. No more checking for new messages every five minutes. No more worries that people need you? No more exhausting cognitive context shifts. In this episode, Cal explores how close cutting-edge AI models are to achieving this goal, including using ChatGPT to help him answer some real email. He then dives into his latest article for The New Yorker, which explains the key technical obstacle to fully automated email and how it might be solved. This is followed by reader questions and a look at something interesting. Download my FREE Deep Life Guide HERE: https://bit.ly/3QBIcug Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/3U3sTvo Listen to Episode Here: https://www.thedeeplife.com/listen/ Links: https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-artificial-intelligence/can-an-ai-make-plans Thanks to our Sponsors: https://www.listening.com/deep https://www.rhone.com/cal https://www.drinklmnt.com/deep https://www.shopify.com/deep 0:00 Can A.I. Empty My Inbox? 40:47 Should I continue to study programming if AI will eventually replace software jobs? 45:25 Is it bad to use ChatGPT to assist with your writing? 51:30 How do I reclaim my workspace for Deep Work? 56:21 How do I decide what to do on my scheduled mini-breaks at work? 58:54 Heidegger’s view on technology 1:05:18 Seasonality with a partner and kids 1:16:15 A Silicon Valley Chief of Staff balancing work and ego 1:26:17 General Grant’s Slow Productivity 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
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EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Cal Newport, featuring Cal Newport, An Important Message On AI & Productivity: How To Get Ahead While Others Panic | Cal Newport explores When AI can’t plan, it can’t run your inbox Cal Newport argues that the most pressing AI issue for knowledge workers is whether it can eliminate the inbox-driven context switching of the “hyperactive hive mind.”
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