Dr Jonathan Sanford, president of the University of Dallas, joins Mary Margaret Olohan to explain why artificial intelligence can never replace a real liberal arts education, using the philosopher Shannon Vallor's image of a Narcissus staring into his own reflection to describe what AI is doing to a generation raised on screens.

Chapters
0:00 Catholic higher education needs to be excellent and faithful
0:58 AI is outsourcing our thinking and it will not work
1:36 Where higher education lost its unified vision
3:47 Mastering AI instead of becoming its slave
4:38 The AI mirror: Shannon Vallor, Narcissus and a machine that cannot think
6:10 Recovering from malaise: friendship, curriculum and the desire for God
9:01 Gen Z, Covid and screens: are students already lost?

Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2o5OzNl96c

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Host: Mary Margaret Olohan
Guest: Dr Jonathan J Sanford
Film Crew: Cavern Collective
Production Team: Arcadia Digital

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