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Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Computer scientist Cal Newport's excellent podcast about the impact of technology on society

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AI Reality Check: Are LLMs a Dead End?
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
AI Reality Check: Are LLMs a Dead End? 31 min Mar 26, 2026 English 0
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Very good analyis of LeCun's thesis that the recent LLM performance increase is largely due to compound reasoning (ie. LLMs asking themself successing, iterative questions) and not an increase in "int... Very good analyis of LeCun's thesis that the recent LLM performance increase is largely due to compound reasoning (ie. LLMs asking themself successing, iterative questions) and not an increase in "intelligence." Newport also discusses LeCun's plan for a new, more modular AI architecture (which has been funded with a billiion+ by Jezz Bezos and his buddies). Very clear, easy to understand, in delpth episode.
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