Episode #54: Teaching Students to Challenge AI, Is AI The New Shadow Bank?

First up, we dive into “Beyond True or False: Teaching Students to Interrogate AI Unreliability”, a Substack by Nick Potkalitsky, which proposes a new framework—borrowed from literary theory—for teaching students to critically evaluate AI-generated content. We discuss how this lens can help people move beyond simple trust/distrust binaries and become better co-creators with AI. Then, we explore “Is AI the New Shadow Bank? (Yes…)”, a piece that draws parallels between today’s AI economy and the pre-2008 shadow banking system. Instead of mortgage-backed securities, today’s collateral is GPU access, compute contracts, and foundation models—and we ask: is the real innovation the credit system AI is built on?

Beyond True or False: Teaching Students to Interrogate AI Unreliability

Is AI the New Shadow Bank? (Yes…)

(0:00) Introduction and welcome (0:30) Article summary: Teaching students about AI unreliability and critical thinking (4:50) Potential solutions for AI reliability and Charles Hudson's AI tool experience (9:19) Article summary: AI as a financial entity and related investment risks (15:13) Closing remarks and thank you to listeners