Do Managers Actually Understand AI? (I’m Not So Sure.) | AI Reality Check

2026-07-09 · 20 min · 17 entities

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Link in episode "Do Managers Actually Understand AI? (I’m Not So Sure.) | AI Reality Check": https://nytimes.com/2026/07/02/world/europe/germany-sap-ai-jobs-skilled-workers.html
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Link in episode "Do Managers Actually Understand AI? (I’m Not So Sure.) | AI Reality Check": https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-ceo-begs-execs-stop-fired-ai
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Link in episode "Do Managers Actually Understand AI? (I’m Not So Sure.) | AI Reality Check": https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/marc-andreessen-says-every-large-033008122.html
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Link in episode "Do Managers Actually Understand AI? (I’m Not So Sure.) | AI Reality Check": https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/sam-altman-says-initially-wrong-132000485.html

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Link in episode "Do Managers Actually Understand AI? (I’m Not So Sure.) | AI Reality Check": https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/marc-andreessen-says-every-large-033008122.html
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Link in episode "Do Managers Actually Understand AI? (I’m Not So Sure.) | AI Reality Check": https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/sam-altman-says-initially-wrong-132000485.html
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Link in episode "Do Managers Actually Understand AI? (I’m Not So Sure.) | AI Reality Check": https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/marc-andreessen-says-every-large-033008122.html
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Link in episode "Do Managers Actually Understand AI? (I’m Not So Sure.) | AI Reality Check": https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/sam-altman-says-initially-wrong-132000485.html

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Do Managers Actually Understand AI? (I’m Not So Sure.) | AI Reality Check
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Link in episode "Do Managers Actually Understand AI? (I’m Not So Sure.) | AI Reality Check": https://nytimes.com/2026/07/02/world/europe/germany-sap-ai-jobs-skilled-workers.html
mentioned Nvidia Ceo Begs Execs Stop Fired Ai website

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Link in episode "Do Managers Actually Understand AI? (I’m Not So Sure.) | AI Reality Check": https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-ceo-begs-execs-stop-fired-ai
references Germany Sap Ai Jobs Skilled Workers website

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Link in episode "Do Managers Actually Understand AI? (I’m Not So Sure.) | AI Reality Check": https://nytimes.com/2026/07/02/world/europe/germany-sap-ai-jobs-skilled-workers.html
references Nvidia Ceo Begs Execs Stop Fired Ai website

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Link in episode "Do Managers Actually Understand AI? (I’m Not So Sure.) | AI Reality Check": https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-ceo-begs-execs-stop-fired-ai

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Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News. Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia (0:00) Does business actually understand AI? (2:52) Quote #2 (6:20) Taking a step back (7:06) Quote #3 (11:39) Quote #4 (17:02) Idea for journalists Links: Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/world/europe/germany-sap-ai-jobs-skilled-workers.html https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-ceo-begs-execs-stop-fired-ai https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/marc-andreessen-says-every-large-033008122.html https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/sam-altman-says-initially-wrong-132000485.html Thanks to Jesse Miller for production and mastering and Nate Mechler for research and newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices