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Cal Newport on Mythos and Anthropomorphization

Cal Newport on Mythos and Anthropomorphization

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In this week’s Better Offline, Ed is joined by computer science professor and writer Cal Newport to talk about the Claude Mythos marketing scam, the lies around AI job loss, and why LLMs shouldn’t talk like they’re people.

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