Deep Questions with Cal Newport
“Did OpenAI Create “Secret AI Civilizations”? | Tech Decoded” from “Deep Questions with Cal Newport” by pods4.me
September 3, 2026 · 26 min
Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News.
Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia
(0:00) Does OpenAI create “secret AI civilizations”?
(1:59) What’s the deal with “agent swarms”?
(8:54) Should we be worried that the agents are plotting?
(17:39) How should we be thinking about all of this?
Links:
Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow
https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/openai-huggingface
https://calnewport.com/has-ai-gone-rogue/
https://calnewport.com/are-we-at-war-with-ai-agent-civilizations/
Thanks to Jesse Miller for production and mastering and Nate Mechler for research and newsletter.
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