Learning Curve

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.

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January 6, 2026 46 mins

In the past few months new AI tools known as “Agentic AI” have emerged. These new browsers let users deploy AI assistants that can surf the web on their behalf. While they were designed to do things like book airline tickets or schedule meetings, students can use the tools to have the bot log into learning management systems to take quizzes for them. Anna Mills, a longtime English instructor, has called on AI companies to add a sim...

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December 9, 2025 44 mins

"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 ...

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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.

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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.

 

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October 28, 2025 39 mins

Demo of Sara Cochran’s AI avatar, University of Virginia website

Sora and Vibes: AI Video Now Officially Going After Social Media, Platformer

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October 15, 2025 37 mins

“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.

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September 30, 2025 49 mins

DukeGPT

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

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September 16, 2025 56 mins

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 Atlantic

Brookings Global Task Force on AI in Education website

‘We Have to Really Rethink the Purpose of Education,’ The Ezra Klein Show

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Watch Matter and Space's video discussed in this episode,  "Butterflies"

Read Maha Bali's blog.

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August 19, 2025 61 mins

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.

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August 11, 2025 2 mins
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.
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