Don’t Trust AI Reporting! (Three Traps to Avoid) | Cal Newport

The gist

1. Vibe reporting uses strategic omissions and loosely related quotes to imply a false narrative without ever directly stating it.
2. Digital ick mining highlights fringe AI experiments without technical context, designed to unsettle readers rather than inform them.
3. Faux astonishment frames every AI release as world-changing; tracking creators' past predictions reveals most never materialize.
4. Newport says a 10 to 20 minute morning routine works best as a guard against algorithmic drift, with a clear off-ramp into real work.