A PhD Student's Honest Confession About ChatGPT – Christian Carmody

When ChatGPT first appeared, Christian Carmody found himself facing an uncomfortable question: If AI could do much of the work for him, why not use it? As a stressed PhD student juggling graduate school, multiple jobs, a new baby, and financial pressure, the temptation was real. But what started as a question about academic integrity became a deeper conversation about learning, intellectual character, trust, and what we risk losing when AI does our thinking for us. ABOUT GUEST Christian Carmody is a PhD candidate in Education at the University of New Hampshire and a Senior Researcher at the nonprofit Research Institute for Learning and Development. CHAPTERS (0:00) Introduction (0:40) Meet Christian Carmody (1:25) ChatGPT in a Crunch (2:54) Where to Draw Lines (4:31) Nietzsche and Struggle (7:27) Judging AI Ideas (12:10) Trust in an AI World (14:10) Teaching Intellectual Character (16:48) Conclusion