Chatbait and the TikTokification of ChatGPT | Lila Shroff on Rendered by Robots
In Episode 8 of Rendered by Robots, Lila Shroff, writer and assistant editor at The Atlantic and recent Stanford graduate, joins Spencer Striker and Alessandra El Chanti to discuss the blurry line between legitimate AI scaffolding and cheating, the dark patterns creeping into chatbots, and what it was like to be a college sophomore when ChatGPT took over.
ChatGPT Is OP Against Traditional Assessment | James Walsh on Rendered by Robots
In Episode 7 of Rendered by Robots, James Walsh, journalist at New York Magazine and author of the viral article "Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College," joins Spencer Striker and Alessandra El Chanti to discuss what his deep dive investigation revealed about the state of higher education in the age of generative AI.
The 'Tarantino Moment': Why AI Is the New 90s Indie Cinema | Olivio Sarikas on Rendered by Robots
In Episode 6 of Rendered by Robots, Olivio Sarikas, conceptual artist and one of the premier YouTube educators on AI tools for design, joins Spencer Striker and Alessandra El Chanti to discuss what it really means to create in an age when any style is possible and skill limits have dissolved.
Clay Shirky: Learning Is Changes to Long-Term Memory, There's No Shortcut | Rendered by Robots, Ep 2
In Episode 2 of Rendered by Robots, host Dr. Spencer Striker and co-host Alessandra El Chanti (of Northwestern University | Qatar) talk with Clay Shirky, Vice Provost for AI & Technology in Education at NYU, and author of "Here Comes Everybody" and "Cognitive Surplus," about what AI actually breaks in higher education, and why the real product of education is changes to long-term memory.
Nataliya Kosmyna: Cognitive Debt Accumulates, You Can't Pay It Back | Rendered by Robots, Ep 3
In Episode 3 of Rendered by Robots, host Dr. Spencer Striker and co-host Alessandra El Chanti (of Northwestern University | Qatar) talk with Nataliya Kosmyna, Research Scientist at MIT Media Lab and author of the viral "Your Brain on ChatGPT" study, about cognitive debt, the neuroscience of ownership, and why outsourcing your thinking to AI comes at a cost you can't pay back.
Marc Watkins: The Quiet Disaster in Our Classrooms & Why AI Bans Fail | Rendered by Robots, Ep 4
In Episode 4 of Rendered by Robots, host Dr. Spencer Striker and co-host Alessandra El Chanti (of Northwestern University | Qatar) talk with Marc Watkins, Assistant Director of Academic Innovation at the University of Mississippi, about the "quiet disaster" unfolding in higher education and why AI detection software is a trap.
Rendered by Robots - Ep 1 | feat. Dr. John Gibbs aka “DrKnowitallKnows"
In Episode 1 of Rendered by Robots, host Dr. Spencer Striker and co-host Alessandra El Chanti (of Northwestern University | Qatar) talk with Dr. John Gibbs, Prof at UGA, CEO of Artimatic Inc, and influential YouTube futurist “Dr. Know-It-All”, about the future of teaching creativity in the age of AI.