Sep 21, 2026 · 37 min · 10 segments
Dr. Paul LeBlanc, former ACE Board Chair and President Emeritus of Southern New Hampshire University, joins Troy Burnett, SVP and GM of Studiosity, to explore AI impact on trust and public perception…
Paul LeBlancGuestTroy BurnettHostAnd what does it mean to be an educated person in the era of AI? And my answer and what we talk about at Studiocity is pretty simple.
And those writing unaided showed the strongest brain activity, the strongest neural engagement, while those relying on AI obviously showed the weakest.
Even the group that was later asked to write about what they had written, they struggled to even quote their own work.
The researchers described this as cognitive debt, which I think is a really interesting term because it's like the mind quietly borrows against the future of its owner.
What we're going to talk about is how to preserve thinking and how to preserve that cognitive friction that produces learning.
And so how do we preserve that in the age of AI? And that's going to drive a lot of our discussion today.
How can higher education translate that concept into more of a policy without simply resorting to blanket AI bands, which we know probably isn't viable in the current landscape?
And what does it mean to be an educated person in the era of AI? And my answer and what we talk about at Studiocity is pretty simple.
And those writing unaided showed the strongest brain activity, the strongest neural engagement, while those relying on AI obviously showed the weakest.
Even the group that was later asked to write about what they had written, they struggled to even quote their own work.
The researchers described this as cognitive debt, which I think is a really interesting term because it's like the mind quietly borrows against the future of its owner.
What we're going to talk about is how to preserve thinking and how to preserve that cognitive friction that produces learning.
And so how do we preserve that in the age of AI? And that's going to drive a lot of our discussion today.
How can higher education translate that concept into more of a policy without simply resorting to blanket AI bands, which we know probably isn't viable in the current landscape?
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