Superintelligent: The world needs phone bans, boredom and books

In this thrilling episode of Superintelligent, Emily and I talk about GPT-5 and how it performed worse than GPT-4 on everyday tasks, how AI monetization is changing how information is surfaced and prioritized, how new AI browsers and features like Google’s Overviews increasingly extract content and disrupt traditional web traffic, and the new trend of schools are rapidly banning phones to combat distraction and restore focus, reflecting a wider cultural struggle over attention and digital habits. Watch, listen and subscribe at our Substack.