The AI Resistance is Forming. (Should You Join?)

Cal Newport invites writer Brad Stulberg, who recently walked away from AI, to examine whether a resistance movement is emerging. They discuss why AI-driven content flattens distinctiveness, how the click-of-a-button economy undermines effort and struggle, why AI acts as an "average maker," and the psychological cost of AI-generated pseudo-productivity. Stulberg suggests treating AI like ultra-processed food—something to consume sparingly, if at all—and the episode considers what it means to be on "Team Human."