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Adjunct Intelligence: Ai and the future of Higher Education
Stay ahead of the AI revolution transforming education with hosts Dale, tech enthusiast and AI Nerd, and Nick McIntosh, Learning Futurist.
This weekly espresso shot delivers essential AI insights for educators, administrators, and learning professionals navigating the rapidly evolving landscape of higher education.
Each episode brings you a concise rundown of breaking AI developments impacting education, followed by deep dives into cutting-edge research, emerging tools, and practical applications that Dale and Nick are implementing in their own work. From classroom innovations to institutional strategy, discover how AI is reshaping teaching, learning, and educational operations.
Whether you're working in the classroom, on the the classroom a university lecturer, TAFE teacher, or simply passionate about the future of learning, "Adjunct Intelligence" equips you with the knowledge to transform disruption into opportunity. Business casual, occasionally humorous, but always informative.
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S2E4 China is winning the AI Adoption War. We Just Haven't Admitted It Yet.
In 2025, the AI race quietly split in two: one for building the smartest model, and another for getting everyone to use yours. Chinese labs chose the second race — and the data says they're winning.…
S2E3 The MoltBot Moment: When Enthusiastic Adopters Become the Biggest AI Risk
In this episode of Adjunct Intelligence, Dale Leszczynski and Nick McIntosh examine what the viral MoltBot AI assistant reveals about AI security risks in education. They break down Simon Willison's…
S2E2 2026 Predictions: When the CEO Can Prompt Better Than Your Graduate
When the CEO has been using Claude for 18 months and the CFO runs financial scenarios through Gemini weekly, what exactly is a graduate bringing to the table? That's the question this episode forces.…
S2E1 2025: The Year AI Stopped Being a Tool and Became Infrastructure
Season 2 opens with Dale and Nick looking back on the year AI became ubiquitous — and what that actually meant for higher education. They walk through the safety failures that defined 2025, including…
S1E19 Sora 2 & Robots: Altman’s six-month “fix it or nix it” ultimatum + Robots are coming, kinda
Sora 2 just vaulted over the uncanny valley, and Sam Altman swears he’ll yank the cord if it doesn’t improve our lives. Dale and Nick unpack what “ChatGPT-for-video” really means, why OpenAI’s new…
S1E18 The Accidental AI Economy: When Agents Run the Market + The Empire of Ai
This week on Adjunct Intelligence, Dale and Nick dive headfirst into the accidental AI economy—a system already running faster than human decision-making. From Google’s new Agent Payments Protocol to…
Why Ai Adoption is a Marathon not a Sprint
In this episode of Adjunct Intelligence, Dale and Nick sit down with Professor Rahil Garnavi, Director of RAISE Hub at RMIT and former IBM Research leader with 50+ AI patents. Rahil shares her unique…
S1E17 Disinformation, Deals & Delia the new Ai member of Government: Ai is getting crunchy
In this episode of Adjunct Intelligence, Dale and Nick unpack a whirlwind of AI developments reshaping politics, education, and society. From Albania’s unprecedented appointment of a virtual cabinet…
S1E16 Teachers, Students, and the Coming AI Winter: What Happens When the Boom Freezes?
Today’s episode covers how teachers are embracing AI, what students really think about AI vs teacher feedback, the latest AI news (from Anthropic to Apple), and why “nano banana” is more than just a…
S1E15 Ai Rights, Nano Banana's and the real problem with Skills and Artificial Intelligence | Adjunct Intelligence EP15
Should AIs have rights? Today, a real campaign co-founded with a chatbot says “yes” — and that’s not even the wildest part of this week’s episode. We stress-test AI personhood arguments (without…
S1E14 From GPT-5 to Disposable Software The Next Higher-Ed AI Cheat Code | Adjunct Intelligence Ep14
GPT-5 arrived with sky-high expectations—benchmarks crushed, hype everywhere. Yet within two weeks OpenAI quietly rolled back to older models. Why? In this episode, Dale and Nick unpack why a…
S1E13 Owls, LMS Overlords & the Home grown Swiss Curveball – Adjunct Intelligence Ep. 13
Brace yourself: a harmless-looking string of numbers taught a brand-new AI to love owls—without ever mentioning feathers. If quirky subliminal learning can slip past the lab coats, what else is…
S1E12 LMS Wars, Over-Thinking Ais & YouTube’s AI-Powered Shorts- July’s Wild Ride in Ed Tech
AI in education just level-upped—again. In this fast-moving finale for July we unpack:00:00 – 02:10 LMS Wars OpenAI × Canvas vs Anthropic × Panopto — platform lock-in is coming.02:10 –…
S1E11 AI Partners Boost Performance 37%: What's the next move? // Episode 11
What if the answer to AI in education isn't choosing between human or machine, but discovering how they amplify each other? New research from Procter & Gamble, MIT, and Wharton just shattered…
S1E10 Build Your own ai powered Infinite Content Machine + Cheating goes mainstream
If your job involves thinking, explaining, or creating…AI wants a word.In this episode of Adjunct Intelligence, we dive into the infinite content machine. how educators and creatives alike can build…
S1E9 Ai CEO goes rogue, then it had a full on breakdown + Vibe Coding is dead!
Anthropic got it's Ai to run a business it hallucinated a fake person and tried to fire a supplier.Welcome to Episode 9 of Adjunct Intelligence, where we unpack what happens when AI runs a business…
S1E8 Will Ai Rot your Brain? Ai Tool Deep Dive - Which one is Best?
That MIT Brain Study Everyone’s Sharing? Here’s What It Actually FoundThe latest MIT study making headlines isn’t telling the whole story about AI and cognitive function. We tested four premium AI…
S1E7 Google's Secret AI Roadmap The Classroom Crystal Ball That Changes Everything
Google's Secret AI Roadmap: The Classroom Crystal Ball That Changes EverythingWhile education leaders debate AI policies, Google just revealed the future and it's coming faster than anyone expected.…
S1E6 Students flying blind with Ai tools + Should AI literacy go the way of the floppy disk?
Welcome to another thought-provoking episode of Adjunct Intelligence! Dale and Nick dive deep into the seismic shifts happening in AI and education this week. From OpenAI's legal woes, to Apple's…
S1E5 AI, Taste, and the Accessibility Revolution: Why Your "Slop Detector" Matters More Than Ever
Welcome to another mind-expanding episode of Adjunct Intelligence! This week, hosts Dale and Nick dive deep into two game-changing AI developments that every educator needs to understand. First, we…
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Adjunct Intelligence: AI + HE has published 24 episodes since May 2025, covering topics in Education, News.
Adjunct Intelligence: AI + HE is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 29m.
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