Learning Curve

What does it mean to teach and learn in the age of generative AI? Join host Jeff Young as he talks with educators, tech leaders and students, aiming to cut through the hype and inform a conversation about how education can adapt to AI — and about what kinds of learning need protecting amid the AI gold rush.

Is Your Mechanic Using AI?

Matt Boudinot’s AI explainer videos and his Auto Service Soft Skills Garage.A super-short version of this episode that ran on APM’s Marketplace."The Best of Car Talk: Some Noises Are Better Than Others,” on NPR.

12-23
36:57

Why Do So Many Students Have AI Friends?

"1 in 5 high schoolers has had a romantic AI relationship, or knows someone who has," NPR. “How many hours does it take to make a friend?,” research by this week’s guest Jeff Hall.“Chatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It Happens,” in The New York Times.Talk out the Thomas Jefferson chatbot discussed on this episode.“Programmed for Love,” an article I wrote for The Chronicle of Higher Education about Sherry Turkle’s work back in 2011.

12-09
44:47

Can Colleges ‘AI-Proof’ the Core Curriculum?

“Editorial: AI-proof the Core Curriculum The Core Curriculum is an essential part of a Catholic education that must be saved from AI,” in The Observer, the student newspaper at Notre Dame.LinkedIn post by David Griffith about the student newspaper editorial.AI Is Coming for the Consultants. Inside McKinsey, ‘This Is Existential.’ in The Wall Street Journal"Should Instructors Ask Students to Show Document Histories to Guard Against AI Cheating?” in EdSurge.

11-25
53:11

How Does AI Fit Into Broader Disruptions to Higher Ed?

More on Bryan Alexander’s forthcoming book, “Peak Higher Education.”“The Diamond Age,” by Neal Stephenson. “Dual Enrollment Leads to More College Acceptances, Greater Financial Awards,” in Inside Higher Education.“Should College Become Part of High School?” on the EdSurge Podcast.Bryan Alexander’s Future Trends Forum.

11-11
58:07

How Do Students Feel About Their AI Use? It's Complicated

In the Know, the podcast of the University of Minnesota's student newspaper, The Minnesota Daily."Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College," in New York magazine. 

11-04
40:27

Can AI Avatars Make Class Time More Human?

Demo of Sara Cochran’s AI avatar, University of Virginia websiteSora and Vibes: AI Video Now Officially Going After Social Media, Platformer

10-28
39:36

Is My Professor Using AI?

“The Professors Are Using ChatGPT, and Some Students Aren’t Happy About It,” by Kashmir Hill in The New York Times.Northeastern University’s AI use policy.“Automated Essay Writing: An AIED Opinion,” by Mike Sharples in the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education.

10-15
37:02

Should Colleges Provide AI Tools?

DukeGPT“Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College” in New York Magazine.

09-30
49:46

Will AI Bring More Student Disengagement?

The Disengaged Teen, by Rebecca Winthrop and Jenny Anderson “Minnesota high school student weighs the benefits and pitfalls of AI,” Minnesota Now“I’m a High Schooler. AI Is Demolishing My Education,” The AtlanticBrookings Global Task Force on AI in Education website‘We Have to Really Rethink the Purpose of Education,’ The Ezra Klein Show.

09-16
56:12

What If College Teaching Was Redesigned With AI In Mind?

Watch Matter and Space's video discussed in this episode,  "Butterflies"Read Maha Bali's blog.

09-02
01:10:09

What Kind of Intelligence Is AI?

The viral research paper that started it all: “Attention Is All You Need.”Mutlu Cukurova's paper discussed in this episode, “The Interplay of Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Education: A Vision for Hybrid Intelligence.”Brian Christensen's “The Most Human Human.”Apple Intelligence ad discussed in this episode: Writing Tools.

08-19
01:01:48

Introducing Learning Curve

Teachers and students can't help wondering ... what are we doing here? What's the role of education when AI seems able to do tasks that once seemed uniquely human. The goal of Learning Curve is to inform a conversation about what it means to learn, whether AI could improve education, and which learning needs protecting amid the AI gold rush. Look for the first episode August 20.

08-12
02:25

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