Ep03 - The End of Literacy As We Know It - How ChatGPT Exposed What's Broken in Education

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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