Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Was 2025 A Good Or Bad Year for AI? (Cal Newport and Ed Zitron Break it Down) | Cal Newport

January 6, 2026|Original: 2h 21m|10 key insights|5 min read

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🚨 The $5.3M Chinese AI model that made Silicon Valley panic: How DeepSeek shocked the entire tech world in January

🤖 Sam Altman's wild prediction: AI agents 'will probably join the workforce' - but what's the real story?

💥 The AI 'bloodbath' prophecy: Dario Amade claims half of white-collar jobs could vanish in just 5 years

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