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Michael Whitaker

Michael Whitaker

Lawyer

Jul 11, 2026

Sam Fuqua
Sam FuquaCORRESPONDENT
18:18
AI is not just a tool for cheating because you encountered this with one of your own children, right? Having some challenges in math and was kind of like, could I go on AI and just have them figure this out? Yeah.
18:29
You know, it's really interesting when you actually talk to your kids about this stuff, right? And what is their actual experience and what is their reality versus what you think it is? And originally I talked to my daughter when she was an eighth grader and I actually had her on my sub stack.
18:42
We recorded a little podcast interview on it and just talking about what was she experiencing with AI and The general sense was everybody's using it.
18:51
They're using it to cheat.
18:53
Human output can never be as good as AI's output.
18:57
I have to use it to keep up, but I don't really want to.
19:00
And there was this pressure back and forth.
Sam Fuqua
Sam FuquaCORRESPONDENT
20:17
I also found a reference to a Stanford study that found essays were flagged incorrectly from non-native English speakers 61% of the time, kind of punishing students who are really trying to write correctly, and they're being flagged as too correct or something.
Sam Fuqua
Sam FuquaCORRESPONDENT
18:18
AI is not just a tool for cheating because you encountered this with one of your own children, right? Having some challenges in math and was kind of like, could I go on AI and just have them figure this out? Yeah.
18:29
You know, it's really interesting when you actually talk to your kids about this stuff, right? And what is their actual experience and what is their reality versus what you think it is? And originally I talked to my daughter when she was an eighth grader and I actually had her on my sub stack.
18:42
We recorded a little podcast interview on it and just talking about what was she experiencing with AI and The general sense was everybody's using it.
18:51
They're using it to cheat.
18:53
Human output can never be as good as AI's output.
18:57
I have to use it to keep up, but I don't really want to.
19:00
And there was this pressure back and forth.
Sam Fuqua
Sam FuquaCORRESPONDENT
20:17
I also found a reference to a Stanford study that found essays were flagged incorrectly from non-native English speakers 61% of the time, kind of punishing students who are really trying to write correctly, and they're being flagged as too correct or something.

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