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Students are getting AI to write their essays and it’s hard to spot the difference. Professor Niall Ferguson says AI is bad for our brains, but he has a plan to save education.
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Guest: Professor Niall Ferguson, Times Columnist.
Host: Luke Jones.
Producer: Shabnam Grewal.
Further reading: AI’s great brain robbery — and how universities can fight back
Further listening: One day in the life and death of an AI chatbot
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