Clay Shirky: Learning Is Changes to Long-Term Memory, There's No Shortcut | Rendered by Robots, Ep 2

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.

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Nataliya Kosmyna: Cognitive Debt Accumulates, You Can't Pay It Back | Rendered by Robots, Ep 3

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.

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Marc Watkins: The Quiet Disaster in Our Classrooms & Why AI Bans Fail | Rendered by Robots, Ep 4

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.

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Rendered by Robots - Ep 1 | feat. Dr. John Gibbs aka “DrKnowitallKnows"

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.

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