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Deep Questions with Cal Newport · Thursday · 29 min

Does OpenAI’s Astra Mean AGI Has Arrived? | AI Reality Check

Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News. Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia (0:00) Does Open AI’s Astra mean AGI has arrived? (3:07) What actually happened? (11:35) What does this mean for mathematics? (21:35) What does this mean for OpenAI? Links: Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow https://x.com/polynoamial/status/2083467194663571701 https://x.com/deanwball/status/2083545756003176724?s=61 https://x.com/kevinroose/status/2083632335438905441 https://x.com/mattshumer_/status/2083595078233202919 https://x.com/polynoamial/status/2083478171975082334 https://x.com/__alpoge__/status/2083898804563243033 https://x.com/polynoamial/status/2083476852216369294 https://x.com/thomasfbloom/status/2083444983592284465 Sponsor: https://www.donedaily.com 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

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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 Open AI’s Astra mean AGI has arrived?

(3:07) What actually happened?

(11:35) What does this mean for mathematics?

(21:35) What does this mean for OpenAI? 


Links:

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

https://x.com/polynoamial/status/2083467194663571701

https://x.com/deanwball/status/2083545756003176724?s=61

https://x.com/kevinroose/status/2083632335438905441

https://x.com/mattshumer_/status/2083595078233202919

https://x.com/polynoamial/status/2083478171975082334

https://x.com/__alpoge__/status/2083898804563243033

https://x.com/polynoamial/status/2083476852216369294

https://x.com/thomasfbloom/status/2083444983592284465


Sponsor:


https://www.donedaily.com


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

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