Is AI About to Automate Every Office Job? | AI Reality Check

Hosted byCal Newport

Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News.

Video from today’s episode also at: youtube.com/calnewportmedia

0:00 Is AI About to Automate Every Office Job?
3:02 Other Tech Leaders Don’t Agree
5:49 -We Aren’t Seeing Enough Progress
14:09 -LLMS Are Limited
24:19 Conclusion

Links:

Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow

https://www.reddit.com/r/AI4tech/comments/1r4tukp/microsoft_ai_ceo_mustafa_suleyman_says_most_if/

https://x.com/TheChiefNerd/status/2045947286518157395

https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1snhfzd/claude_opus_47_is_a_serious_regression_not_an/

https://x.com/mattshumer_/status/2047376179414421957

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2025-in-review/why-ai-didnt-transform-our-lives-in-2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDOmNa9inA4

https://www.ft.com/video/2c428045-bf4f-45bd-ada2-8ba53983cd81

Thanks to Jesse Miller for production and mastering and Nate Mechler for research and newsletter.

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