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Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling” | AI Reality Check

2026-06-25 · 22 min · 19 entities

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  • → references Ai Dangerous Openai Anthropic person
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    Link in episode "Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling” | AI Reality Check": https://nytimes.com/2026/06/17/opinion/ai-dangerous-openai-anthropic.html
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    Link in episode "Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling” | AI Reality Check": https://anthropic.com/institute/recursive-self-improvement
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    Link in episode "Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling” | AI Reality Check": https://nytimes.com/2023/03/24/opinion/yuval-harari-ai-chatgpt.html
  • → references What Kind Of Mind Does Chatgpt Have website
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    Link in episode "Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling” | AI Reality Check": https://newyorker.com/science/annals-of-artificial-intelligence/what-kind-of-mind-does-chatgpt-have
  • → references Anthropic Ai Claude Mythos person
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    Link in episode "Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling” | AI Reality Check": https://nytimes.com/2026/04/07/opinion/anthropic-ai-claude-mythos.html

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  • mentioned Cal Newport person
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    Feed author/publisher: Cal Newport
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    Link in episode "Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling” | AI Reality Check": https://nytimes.com/2026/06/17/opinion/ai-dangerous-openai-anthropic.html
  • mentioned Recursive Self Improvement person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling” | AI Reality Check": https://anthropic.com/institute/recursive-self-improvement
  • mentioned Yuval Harari Ai Chatgpt person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling” | AI Reality Check": https://nytimes.com/2023/03/24/opinion/yuval-harari-ai-chatgpt.html
  • mentioned Anthropic Ai Claude Mythos person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling” | AI Reality Check": https://nytimes.com/2026/04/07/opinion/anthropic-ai-claude-mythos.html
  • references Ai Dangerous Openai Anthropic person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling” | AI Reality Check": https://nytimes.com/2026/06/17/opinion/ai-dangerous-openai-anthropic.html
  • references Recursive Self Improvement person
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling” | AI Reality Check": https://anthropic.com/institute/recursive-self-improvement
  • references Yuval Harari Ai Chatgpt person
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling” | AI Reality Check": https://nytimes.com/2023/03/24/opinion/yuval-harari-ai-chatgpt.html
  • references Anthropic Ai Claude Mythos person
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling” | AI Reality Check": https://nytimes.com/2026/04/07/opinion/anthropic-ai-claude-mythos.html

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    Link in episode "Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling” | AI Reality Check": https://newyorker.com/science/annals-of-artificial-intelligence/what-kind-of-mind-does-chatgpt-have
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling” | AI Reality Check": https://newyorker.com/science/annals-of-artificial-intelligence/what-kind-of-mind-does-chatgpt-have
Episode description as stored
Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News. Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia (0:00) Stop the “doom trolling” (6:53) Cal’s recent New York Times article (9:00) Cal’s argument (10:16) The 2nd option (12:54) Conclusion (15:58) Stop playing along with Doom Trolling game (20:09) Use the term “doom trolling” Links: Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow  https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/opinion/ai-dangerous-openai-anthropic.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/opinion/yuval-harari-ai-chatgpt.html https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-artificial-intelligence/what-kind-of-mind-does-chatgpt-have https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/opinion/anthropic-ai-claude-mythos.html https://www.anthropic.com/institute/recursive-self-improvement https://x.com/sapinker/status/2067231673268273547 https://x.com/edzitron/status/2067308832053936276 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