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Episode 16 · 14 June 2026 · 45 min
Dr Leon Furze started his PhD on automated writing technologies on 15 November 2022 — ChatGPT launched 15 days later. Three years on, he joins Dale Leszczynski and Nick McIntosh on Adjunct Intelligence to argue that being critical of AI doesn't mean being against it. The conversation covers why educators shouldn't aim their anger at colleagues, teaching AI ethics through disciplinary lenses, Naray
Episode 15 · 31 May 2026 · 32 min
There's no dramatic moment where you suddenly believe in AI. It's usually something small and slightly embarrassing — a task you dreaded that suddenly has another gear. In this episode of Adjunct Intelligence, Dale Leszczynski and Nick McIntosh skip the trend reports and walk through the exact moments AI actually clicked for them: an image prompt that synthesised an idea, a tiny tool built during
Episode 13 · 17 May 2026 · 27 min
Khan Academy's AI tutor Khanmigo quietly flopped — students didn't use it, teachers walked away, and Khan Academy's own chief learning officer admitted she isn't seeing the revolution she was promised. So instead of fixing the tutor, Khan Academy, TED and ETS announced a new institution: the Khan TED Institute, a sub-$10,000 AI-era degree shaped with corporate partners including Google, Microsoft
Episode 10 · 26 April 2026 · 27 min
In March 2026, OpenAI quietly published a measurement suite for how AI affects student learning. The data flows straight back into OpenAI's model development pipeline. Three AI labs released studies in the same month, and the pattern matters more than the individual papers. Dale and Nick examine OpenAI's Learning Outcomes Measurement Suite, Anthropic's 81,000-person qualitative study (where AI con
Episode 3 · 22 February 2026 · 33 min
In this episode of Adjunct Intelligence, Dale Leszczynski and Nick McIntosh examine what the viral MoltBot AI assistant reveals about AI security risks in education. They break down Simon Willison's "lethal trifecta" framework for AI agent vulnerability, the difference between shadow IT and shadow agentic AI, and why FERPA — written in 1974 for filing cabinets — can't handle autonomous agents acti
Episode 18 · 28 September 2025 · 27 min
This week on Adjunct Intelligence, Dale and Nick dive headfirst into the accidental AI economy—a system already running faster than human decision-making. From Google’s new Agent Payments Protocol to frontier models caught scheming, the episode unpacks how markets, education, and everyday life are shifting at machine speed. This week on Adjunct Intelligence, Dale and Nick dive headfirst into the a
Episode 17 · 14 September 2025 · 22 min
In this episode of Adjunct Intelligence, Dale and Nick unpack a whirlwind of AI developments reshaping politics, education, and society. From Albania’s unprecedented appointment of a virtual cabinet minister, to AI-driven disinformation campaigns rewriting how influence works, to student voices caught between empowerment and fear—this conversation spans the hopeful, the alarming, and the absurd. W
Episode 14 · 24 August 2025 · 37 min
GPT-5 arrived with sky-high expectations—benchmarks crushed, hype everywhere. Yet within two weeks OpenAI quietly rolled back to older models. Why? In this episode, Dale and Nick unpack why a breakthrough model stumbled in the real world, and why that matters for higher education. We move beyond the hype cycle into something more practical: disposable, agent-driven software you can spin up in minu
Episode 13 · 2 August 2025 · 25 min
Brace yourself: a harmless-looking string of numbers taught a brand-new AI to love owls—without ever mentioning feathers. If quirky subliminal learning can slip past the lab coats, what else is creeping into our lecture theatres? This week on Adjunct Intelligence, we dissect three tectonic shifts: Anthropic’s spooky “owl effect,” China’s sprint from taboo to classroom default, and Switzerland’s pl
Episode 12 · 26 July 2025 · 25 min
AI in education just level-upped—again. In this fast-moving finale for July we unpack: 00:00 – 02:10 LMS Wars OpenAI × Canvas vs Anthropic × Panopto — platform lock-in is coming. 02:10 – 03:45 Inverse-Scaling Meltdown New Anthropic study shows more compute can make Claude & GPT-4o worse thinkers. 03:45 – 05:20 ChatGPT Psychosis Case &...
Episode 10 · 12 July 2025 · 28 min
If your job involves thinking, explaining, or creating…AI wants a word. In this episode of Adjunct Intelligence, we dive into the infinite content machine. how educators and creatives alike can build personalized AI-powered experiences (for better or Franken-worse). But before we Frankenstein our workflows, we unpack a dangerous new AI platform that’s proudly marketing itself as a cheat engine. an
