AI Reality Check: Did AI Just Become Sentient?
Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News. Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia STORY #1: Did an AI Agent Email an AI Researcher? [1:01] STORY #2: Does the Pentagon Think Claude Has a Soul? [10:20] STORY #3: What’s Going on with Anthropic Revenues? [14:16] Links: Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/philosopher-ai-consciousness-startled-ai-email https://x.com/dioscuri/status/2029227527718236359 https://x.com/thomaschattwill/status/2029273517175263679 https://x.com/ns123abc/status/2032122638852640951 https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakingviews/anthropic-gives-lesson-ai-revenue-hallucination-2026-03-10/ https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/12/normal-technology/ Thanks to Jesse Miller for production and mastering and Nate Mechler for research and newsletter.
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
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Show Notes
Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News.
Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia
STORY #1: Did an AI Agent Email an AI Researcher? [1:01]
STORY #2: Does the Pentagon Think Claude Has a Soul? [10:20]
STORY #3: What’s Going on with Anthropic Revenues? [14:16]
Links:
Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/philosopher-ai-consciousness-startled-ai-email
https://x.com/dioscuri/status/2029227527718236359
https://x.com/thomaschattwill/status/2029273517175263679
https://x.com/ns123abc/status/2032122638852640951
https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/12/normal-technology/
Thanks to Jesse Miller for production and mastering and Nate Mechler for research and newsletter.
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