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Mere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity

Replay: The Age of AI with Jason Thacker

Apr 1, 2026 · 1h 0m

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Send Us A Message When students started turning in papers written by artificial intelligence, educators were caught flat-footed. We knew that machines would replace many human tasks, but we thought the humanities were immune to that. Have our writing standards fallen so low that we can no longer write better than computers? Or are we about to experience the awakening of Artificial Consciousness? Matt and Alastair discuss this situation with Jason Thacker, the Chair of Research in Technology E...