DEEP QUESTIONS

AI Reality Check: Can LLMs “Scheme”?

Cal Newport takes a closer look at recent AI news.

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Below are the questions covered in today’s episode (with their timestamps). For instructions on submitting your own questions, go to calnewport.com/podcast.

ACT #1:

– Look closer at the article [1:20]

ACT #2:

– A closer look at the paper [3:21]-

ACT #3:

– But what about [7:24]

YOUTUBE TITLE

– Can AI “Scheme” to Evade Restrictions? (Nope.) | AI Reality Check | Cal Newport

LINKS:

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

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/27/number-of-ai-chatbots-ignoring-human-instructions-increasing-study-says

https://x.com/summeryue0/status/2025774069124399363

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/23/anthropic-ai-deception-risk

Thanks to Jesse Miller for production and mastering and Nate Mechler for research and newsletter.

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