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How Do I Escape the “Busyness Singularity”? | Monday Advice
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
There has been lots of discussion recently about AI eliminating jobs. But what if the real fear is that AI will instead make existing jobs miserable? In this episode, Cal argues that LLM–based tools are poised to accelerate the worst aspects of pseudo-productivity to an absurd degree. He then shares five ideas for…
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