# AI and Work (Some Predictions) - Cal Newport

<https://calnewport.com/ai-and-work-some-predictions/>

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## What Jamie wrote

Newport on some observations around AI use cases. Overall assessment is spot on, but I think there is a lot more agent potential than is framed up. If folks think of agents as these incredibly powerful tools to do "anything" then I'd be pessimistic. But when you look at home many simple things add friction in companies of any size that a fairly trivial agent could help with, there is a ton of potential. I share his skepticism about AGI.

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## Appears in

- [WT320: Weekly Thing 320 / Octopus, Agentic, Voyager](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/320/), Notable

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