My Robot Teacher
My Robot Teacher
Podcast Description
What happens when AI crashes into the classroom?
When ChatGPT rolled out across the California State University (CSU) system, it sparked a wide range of faculty responses - from panic to full adoption. In My Robot Teacher, CSU professors Taiyo Inoue and Sarah Senk explore how generative AI is disrupting higher education, and what resistance, habituation, and adaptation really look like in real classrooms.
My Robot Teacher is a podcast about AI and higher education, hosted by public university professors, produced by editaudio, and sponsored by the California Learning Lab.
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The podcast focuses on the impact of generative AI in higher education, exploring themes such as resistance to AI, pedagogical adaptation, and the evolving role of assignments. Episode examples include discussions on how large language models like ChatGPT are reshaping trust and teaching, as well as insights from faculty on AI's current implications for public universities.
What happens when AI crashes into the classroom?
When ChatGPT rolled out across the California State University (CSU) system, it sparked a wide range of faculty responses – from panic to full adoption. In My Robot Teacher, CSU professors Taiyo Inoue and Sarah Senk explore how generative AI is disrupting higher education, and what resistance, habituation, and adaptation really look like in real classrooms.
My Robot Teacher is a podcast about AI and higher education, hosted by public university professors, produced by editaudio, and sponsored by the California Learning Lab.
What happens when AI forces us to confront what’s broken about education? In this eye-opening conversation, Linguistics professor Pranav Anand (UC Santa Cruz) and English & Ethnic Studies professor Chesa Caparas (De Anza College) join Sarah and Taiyo, and argue that the panic over student “cheating” with ChatGPT is missing the real crisis.
Spoiler alert: The problem isn’t that students are using AI – it’s that our entire educational system has been designed around assessments that a machine can now ace in seconds.
From the death of the five-paragraph essay to why “AI-proof” assignments are impossible, this episode challenges everything you think you know about teaching in the age of artificial intelligence.
Discover why Humanities professors might be the secret weapon against AI manipulation, how emotional literacy became more important than technical skills, and why the future of education isn’t about stopping AI – it’s about fundamentally reimagining what learning actually means.
00:00 – 1:55 Chapter 1 Introduction
1:55 – 15:02 Chapter 2 AI Literacy and Humanities Inquiry
15:03 – 31:35 Chapter 3 “What the Hell is Education For?”
31:35 – 37:54 Chapter 4 The End of Writing as We Know It
37:54 – 48:16 Chapter 5 The New Critical Thinking Debate
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