Flipping the Script: English Class Post-ChatGPT

In this episode of ChatEDU (Flipping the Script: English Class Post-ChatGPT), Matt Mervis and Liz Radday kick off 2025 with special guest Jonathan Costa. They unpack a fascinating story about alignment faking by the Claude AI model from Anthropic, drawing parallels to personal life decisions and their long-term impacts. Next the hosts also explore a new study about AI and conspiracy theories and then a second meta study about the efficacy of genAI in higher ed (with connections to K-12). For Beneath the Surface, Matt and Liz talk through a great op-ed from a veteran English teacher and how he plans to navigate the road ahead in an AI dominated world. The episode wraps up with a fun Short Stack Chat Back with the late Ray Bradbury regarding these educational shifts.

You’ll hear: 

• Anthropic's Alignment Faking Experiment

• AI's Role in Reducing Conspiracy Beliefs

• New Study on ChatGPT in Education

• Adapting English Teaching - The Road Ahead

• Short Stack Chat Back

Episode Links

Skills21 AI in Education Micro-Credential - https://www.skills21.org/ai/micro 

Skills21 Personal Interest Projects - https://www.skills21.org/pip 

Anthropic Alignment Faking - https://www.anthropic.com/news/alignment-faking 

Durably Reducting Conspiracy Theories - https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq1814Does ChatGPT enhance student learning? A systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental studies - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131524002380 

ChatGPT Can Make English Teachers Feel Doomed. Here’s How I’m Adapting- https://www.edweek.org/technology/opinion-chatgpt-can-make-english-teachers-feel-doomed-heres-how-im-adapting/2024/10