Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling” | AI Reality Check

The Cal Newport Show · Jun 25, 2026 · 22m

Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News.

Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia

(0:00) Stop the “doom trolling”

(6:53) Cal’s recent New York Times article

(9:00) Cal’s argument

(10:16) The 2nd option

(12:54) Conclusion

(15:58) Stop playing along with Doom Trolling game

(20:09) Use the term “doom trolling”

Links:

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

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/opinion/ai-dangerous-openai-anthropic.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/opinion/yuval-harari-ai-chatgpt.html…