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Jan 10, 2026 1 hr 4 min

ep 53. wtf is ai?

from samsplaining science Hosted by Samantha Rossano

On this episode, sam-splains AI! What even is AI? What can it do, and what can’t it do? Is it good or evil? Let’s discuss! Leave your thoughts in the comments or share them on socials @samsplainingsci !! Sources: 1. Ng, A. Coursera: AI for Everyone. Link: https://www.coursera.org/learn/ai-for-everyone 2. Commonly Asked Questions about ChatGPT. OpenAI. Updated: 4 months ago. Link: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6783457-what-is-chatgpt 3. Wen J, Wang W. The future of ChatGPT in academic research and publishing: A commentary for clinical and translational medicine. Clin Transl Med. 2023 Mar;13(3):e1207. doi: 10.1002/ctm2.1207. PMID: 36941774; PMCID: PMC10028016. 4. United Nations Environment Programme. “AI has an environmental problem. Here’s what the world can do about that.” 2025 Nov 13. Link: https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/ai-has-environmental-problem-heres-what-world-can-do-about 5. Kosmyna, N. et al., (2025). ”Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task. ” Arxiv. Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872 [PRE-PRINT; NOT PEER REVIEWED] Follow the Show: www.instragram.com/samsplainingsci www.tiktok.com/@samsplainingsci samsplainingsci.bsky.social Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@samsplainingsci Ask a Question: www.samsplainingscience.com/ask/

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