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EPISODE · Aug 25, 2025 · 35 MIN

Ep. 10 Ready for a Fight?

from Unfixed: How AI Is Reshaping the University · host Nik Janos

In this episode of Unfixed, “Ready for a Fight?”, we explore the growing resistance to generative AI in higher education. While we don’t adopt the “Fight AI” stance ourselves, we take it seriously—as a revealing response to the rapid automation of knowledge work. Drawing from educators, artists, organizers, and labor movements, we unpack what motivates this rejection of AI, what it’s defending, and where it might lead. Featuring references to union actions, institutional policy shifts, and structural critiques of tech power, this episode sheds light on the values and vulnerabilities animating the pushback.Melts into Air, What does it mean to fight AI? Melts into Air, Will General Artificial Intelligence Replace Me? Karen Hao, Empire of AI Cant, Muldoon, and Graham, Feeding the Machine: The Hidden Human Labor Powering A.I. California Faculty Association  Thoughts and suggestions? Email us at [email protected] can find the full show notes and our writing at meltsintoair.org

In this episode of Unfixed, “Ready for a Fight?”, we explore the growing resistance to generative AI in higher education. While we don’t adopt the “Fight AI” stance ourselves, we take it seriously—as a revealing response to the rapid automation of knowledge work. Drawing from educators, artists, organizers, and labor movements, we unpack what motivates this rejection of AI, what it’s defending, and where it might lead. Featuring references to union actions, institutional policy shifts, and structural critiques of tech power, this episode sheds light on the values and vulnerabilities animating the pushback.

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