Anastasia Berg: Hope for Education in the AI Era

<p>On this episode of The Hope Axis, Anna Gát is joined by Anastasia Berg, philosopher, writer, and longtime friend of Interintellect, to talk about hope, culture, family, and the future.</p><p>Anastasia and Anna discuss her work on family and birth, the ideas behind her book “What Are Children For?,&quot; the cultural narratives that shape how we think about the future, and the power of individuals to help shape the world around them. Hope you enjoy!</p><p><br></p><p><strong>For the full transcript of our conversation, click here</strong></p><p><strong>:</strong>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rcwi6BtgIrlqFdBZOt7fOb5rBbXLfut8/view?usp=sharing</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Important Links:</strong></p><p>X (Twitter) –https://x.com/a_n_a_berg </p><p>Substack–https://anastasiaberg.substack.com/ </p><p>Website– https://www.anastasiaberg.com/ </p><p>Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/anastasia-berg-410484132 </p><p><strong>Show Notes:</strong></p><p>(0:00:00) Guest Introduction<br>(0:02:42) Academia and the Program for Public Thinking<br>(0:10:07) Problems with the Incentive Structure at Universities<br>(0:14:28) The Old Way of Taking Exams<br>(0:23:11) Students Using AI<br>(0:31:02) Encouragement from AI vs AI Dependency<br>(0:41:29) Submissions and Editing at The Point<br>(0:51:21) Becoming More Mindful About Human Interactions Because of AI<br>(0:58:14) Having Children in the Age of AI<br>(1:04:56) The Societal Role of Universities<br>(1:12:37) Cognitive Autonomy</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Books, Essays &amp; References Mentioned:</strong></p><p>Anastasia Berg &amp; Rachel Wiseman — What Are Children For?</p><p>The Point Magazine — Literary and cultural magazine</p><p>Program for Public Thinking — University of ChicagoChicago </p><p>Common Core — University of Chicago undergraduate curriculum</p><p>Daily Nous — Philosophy blog</p><p>Claude — AI language model</p><p>Gemini — AI model by Google</p><p>Grok — AI chatbot by xAI</p><p>Pangram — AI writing detection tool</p>