How To Handle AI Anxiety: A Computer Scientist and a Buddhist Teacher On Managing Uncertainty | Cal Newport & Matthew Brensilver
Will AI take our jobs? Kill us? This episode provides both fact-checking and a psychological survival guide.
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Self-help for smart people.
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