My Robot Teacher
Episodes
Ep12 - Querying the Collective Mind - CrowdSmart Co-Founder Kim Polese on Collective Intelligence
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How can AI summon the wisdom of the crowd without the stupidity of the mob? In Episode 12 of My Robot Teacher, Sarah Senk and Taiyo Inoue talk with Ki...
Ep11 - The Opposite of AI Slop: AI, Journalism, and Government Transparency
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does AI have to do with democracy? More than most people realize. In this episode — recorded on My Robot Teacher's one-year anniversary — we'...
Ep10: Teaching without a Script: Improv Pedagogy in the Probabilistic Classroom
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does improv have to do with teaching in the age of AI? More than you might think. In this episode, we’re joined by Julie Simons (Applied Mathem...
Ep09 - Resilience Over Right Answers: Rethinking Science Education in the Age of AI (with Biophysicist Jon Sack, UC Davis)
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Science education after ChatGPT: what happens when students can outsource the thinking, and still turn in something that looks right? In this episode ...
Ep08 - How to Teach AI (Not Just Use It) - with UC Berkeley’s Eric Van Dusen
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What would it look like to teach AI literacy the way UC Berkeley teaches data science? hands-on, interdisciplinary, and open? In this episode of My Ro...
Ep07 - Shaping the AI Narrative in Higher Education | Sci-Fi, ChatGPT & the Stories in Our Heads
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI in higher education, ChatGPT on campus, and Hollywood sci-fi all collide in this conversation with Jason Goldman.When our students say they’re af...
Ep06 - Algorithms Aren’t Neutral: Safiya Noble on AI, Bias, and Building Public‑Interest Technology
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Generative AI is reshaping classrooms and campuses, but with whose values, and at what cost? In this episode, Safiya Umoja Noble, author of Algorithms...
Ep05 - Lost in Translation: Testing the Limits of AI Understanding
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Madison Van Doren (AI Research & Strategy Manager at Appen) about the limits of AI translation, what AI safety pract...
Ep04 - A New Hope [for AI in College Writing]
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do we teach writing in the age of ChatGPT? On My Robot Teacher, hosts Taiyo Inoue and Sarah Senk talk with Carl Whithaus (Professor of Writing &am...
Ep03 - The End of Literacy As We Know It - How ChatGPT Exposed What's Broken in Education
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when AI forces us to confront what's broken about education? In this eye-opening conversation, Linguistics professor Pranav Anand (UC San...
Ep02 - Higher Education in the Age of AI: Rethinking Teaching and Learning with ChatGPT
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does AI mean for how we teach and learn? In this episode of My Robot Teacher, we explore how ChatGPT is reshaping higher education.In this episod...
Ep01 - Resistance is Futile - and Brief
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when ChatGPT crashes into the classroom?In this premiere episode of My Robot Teacher, Cal State University (CSU) professors Taiyo Inoue a...
Trailer
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Faculty insiders Sarah Senk and Taiyo Inoue unpack how generative AI is reshaping higher ed policy, pedagogy, and ethics - without the jargon. Follow ...