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Published · transcript-backedDavid Brooks: belief
20 Aug 2025 Conversations with Tyler David Brooks on Audacity, AI, and the American Psyche (Live at 92NY)
“I think AI is also kryptonite in the exact same way, that if you’re a college kid, and you’re not doing any of your papers, you’re just using your GPT to write your papers — that’s kryptonite.”
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- 20 Aug 2025
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…Is it the only kryptonite humans face? I think AI is also kryptonite in the exact same way, that if you’re a college kid, and you’re not doing any of your papers, you’re just using your GPT to write your papers — that’s kryptonite. Does it ruin you any more than old-style cheating? Which was very common. It was bad for people, but it didn’t ruin generations, right?…
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