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Cheap Talk is an every-week-or-so international relations podcast with Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes, professors of government at William & Mary.

They're Using it Wrong

Some good arguments against AI use in the classroom; how students are actually using AI; the idea of AI as a learning coach; other models for AI use by students; testing out an AI prediction coach; the balance between coaching and just doing the work for you; issues to consider when deploying AI in the classroom; and Marcus does math without a calculator

Try the AI prediction coach described in the podcast (requires a free ChatGPT login)

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Further Reading:
Anthropic. 2025. Anthropic Education Report: How University Students Use Claude.

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