The AI Academics: Research wisely with AI. Live freely beyond it.
The AI Academics podcast, hosted by Dr. Lennart Nacke and Vugar Ibrahimov, explores the latest AI developments with a focus on their practical impact on academic life. The hosts aim to demystify AI, discussing how it can be used wisely in research while addressing common fears about job displacement. Each episode offers insights that are relevant to daily academic work, presented in an accessible and engaging manner.
Episodes
Cortex Compute 003
A newish arXiv paper by Solé and colleagues models reliance on large language models like a contagion, where small rises in exposure can tip whole groups from independent thinkers into dependent users. Lennart and Vugar ask which tasks you can hand to AI without handing over your judgment, whether Socrates’ old complaint about writing applies to chatbots, and what happens to people who never learn
Cortex Compute 002
You pay for ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or Gemini, and four subscribers like you have sued the companies behind them for agreeing to slow down the pace of AI development. They argue that a safety pause amounts to an illegal cartel. Hear why Lennart and Vugar think the companies might come out ahead whatever the court decides.Episode AI summaryCortex Compute is where Lennart Nacke, PhD and University Res
Cortex Compute 001
Episode 1 AI ShownotesEpisode overviewA pre-training researcher quits Anthropic and warns that AI labs are “gambling with our lives.” Within days, the biggest names in AI start calling for a slowdown. Lennart and Vugar relaunch their show as Cortex Compute and ask who gains from AI fear, why the timing lines up with an AI company IPOs, and why they rank cognitive atrophy above rogue bioweapons as
12. What Nobody Tells You About ChatGPT-5’s Thinking Mode
✨ Get our Research Tools Webinar recording: https://go.lennartnacke.com/aitoolswebinar The Hype Meets RealityEvery upgrade gets a drumroll. Screenshots flood LinkedIn. Demos go viral. The hype machine insists that this release will finally change everything.ChatGPT-5 was no different. The marketing spotlight promised more power, smarter reasoning, and game-changing features. What academics got ins
11. ChatGPT Study Mode: The $0 Tutor That's Replacing Teachers?
✨ Get our Research Tools Webinar recordingHave you heard about ChatGPT’s new Study Mode feature? If you are a teacher drowning in AI generated assignments, or a student that honestly wants to learn but keeps getting tempted by ChatGPT’s instant answers, OpenAI claims they finally solved your problem. They call it study mode, a pedagogical system prompt that transforms how AI interacts with student
10. Are Your ChatGPT Research Chats Really Private and Are AI Agents Good?
✨ Get our Research Tools Webinar recordingLearn n8n and AI automation for UX managers with our Bulletproof AI System: The New Standard for Ethical UX Masterclass. Become a confident AI leader who builds trust, orchestrates intelligent workflows, and guides your team through the current AI revolution.The first time I pasted some research notes into ChatGPT, I didn’t think twice. It felt private. Ju
9. The Brain Computer Secret That Silicon Valley Doesn't Want You to Know
Learn n8n and AI automation for UX managers with our Bulletproof AI System: The New Standard for Ethical UX Masterclass. Become a confident AI leader who builds trust, orchestrates intelligent workflows, and guides your team through the current AI revolution.I used to think artificial intelligence was just about silicon chips and code. Then I discovered something that completely shattered that ass
8. Deepfake Nude in New Zealand Parliament, Pope’s Warning & Artificial Intelligence Controls Rain?
Learn n8n and AI automation for UX managers with out Bulletproof AI System: The New Standard for Ethical UX Masterclass. Become a confident AI leader who builds trust, orchestrates intelligent workflows, and guides your team through the current AI revolution.Three stories reached our screen this week. Each one stopped me cold.A politician stood before her nation’s parliament. She held up an image.
7. From Mind Maps to Agentic AI: NotebookLM, Genspark Docs, And More
Let’s be honest: the AI tool market is chaos. Every week brings another revolutionary platform promising to change your academic life. Most academics I know are paying for multiple subscriptions, switching between platforms, and feeling overwhelmed by the complexity. There are many AI tools, but frontier models often suffice for your academic work. In this episode of the AI Academics podcast, we t
6. AI Advancements, Legal Challenges, and Research Innovations
Geoffrey Hinton said “become a plumber” if you're worried about AI.He was only half-joking. But he showed us something important about the future of work.1. From Execution to EvaluationBefore: You research, analyze, and write reports.Now: AI generates drafts, you provide critical judgment.Your value: Knowing what's wrong, not just what's right.2. From Knowledge to CurationBefore: You needed to kno
5. Paper Podcasts with GenFM and NotebookLM
In the episode 5 of the AI Academics Podcast, hosted by Professor Dr. Lennart Nacke and his co-host Vugar Ibrahimov, the duo discusses AI's role in generating creative chess pieces, AI tools for reading academic papers, and evolving internet behaviour influenced by AI. The episode also emphasizes ethical integration and effective use of AI tools, concerns about data privacy, and the future of AI-d
4. How to use AI for academic writing and a new AI tool
In this episode, I chat with Vugar Ibrahimov to explore how AI is reshaping academic writing. We dive into practical tools like Napkin AI for creating social media content, and discuss the double-edged sword of AI writing assistance - from improving productivity to potentially dulling our writing skills. Our conversation takes interesting turns as we debate AI's role in creativity and critical thi
3. Tell better stories with AI or about AI
You sit at your desk. Fingers hovering over the keyboard. The human prompts, the machine responds. ChatGPT stares back at you. The cursor waits while ChatGPT thinks. That rainbow wheel is doing more loops than a rollercoaster having an existential crisis. You type a prompt, but the response misses the mark completely. Sound familiar? AI tools transform how we work—but only if we know how to talk t
2. 10 AI Tools to Improve Academic Workflows
Welcome to episode 2 of the AI Academics Podcast. In this episode, we discuss the latest AI tools that can significantly enhance your academic workflow. We discuss ten reliable AI tools and their practical applications in academia. Additionally, we explore the emerging issue of AI clones and deepfakes, sharing a real-life example of how someone's identity was misused for propaganda purposes. Join
1. Why Apple Intelligence Could Revolutionize Higher Education
In this episode of the AI Academics podcast, hosts Dr. Lennart Nacke and Vugar Ibrahimov discuss the recent Apple announcement about 'Apple Intelligence' and its implications for AI integration into Apple's ecosystem, emphasizing privacy and the cooperation with OpenAI's ChatGPT. The conversation covers the advancements in tools for academics, ethical implications of AI, and how AI can be used to
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