What If AI Makes Us Less Productive? (The Study Sam Altman Doesn’t Want You to See)

Описание: Ca Newport talks about deep work in the age of AI on Episode 370 of the Deep Questions podcast.

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A recent study called into question a core assumption about the generative AI revolution: that these tools, at the very least, will make us more productive. In this episode, Cal dives deep into the study and argues that when it comes to efforts that require deep work, AI can sometimes make things worse. He then answers listener questions and then takes a closer look at an article claiming that the lack of WiFi in a West Virginia school is making their students dumber.

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0:00 Deep Work in the Age of AI
26:17 Can ChatGPT chats act as single purpose notebooks for projects?
29:35 When should I apply active recall?
31:17 Do you have insights into AI’s environmental impact?
38:49 What would you do if you left academia?
43:06 Using strategies to develop a Deep Life
53:12 Does lack of Wi-Fi make students dumber?

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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.

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