#41 - The Biggest Threat AI Poses Isn't What Everyone Thinks | Dave Birss

In this episode of Beyond the Claptrap, I sit down with author, creativity researcher and Gen AI educator Dave Birss to talk about what AI is really doing to our brains, our schools and our workplaces.

We cover everything from AI psychosis and emotional support chatbots, to kids using GPT to cheat while teachers use AI to mark their work, to how you can become meaningfully more creative in ninety days.

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:38 Is AI a Threat To Our Human Skills?
• 5:56 Will AI Replace Traditional Education?
• 10:55 We Need To Keep Kids Away From Isolation
• 14:08 The Most Exciting Uses of Artificial Intelligence
• 17:13 Curiosity Is What Makes Us Human
• 19:03 Creativity Is Nothing Mystical, It's Simply...
• 22:54 Is Intelligence the Biggest Predictor of Creativity?
• 24:38 Opening Your Mind To New Inputs
• 29:24 The 90-day Makeover Plan For Becoming Creative
• 39:35 Why I Dislike “You Are The Average of The 5 People You Surround Yourself With”
• 40:45 The Greatest Limitations of AI are THIS...
• 50:44 The Rise of AI Psychosis
• 53:33 Our Need For Validation Is a Human Flaw
• 55:30 The Online World Is Not a Representation of Reality
• 59:10 The Last Question Closing Tradition