<![CDATA[Brains & Bots]]>What happens when high tech meets higher ed? The landscape is fraught with opportunities for mis-steps and mistakes. AI chatbots and agents, distractions of streaming, and swarms of charlatans and fraudsters make the networked world a dangerous place where informed caution should guide our steps.

In Brains & Bots, a podcast from the National Association of Scholars, Lilla Nora Kiss, NAS Senior Fellow for International Affairs, engages leading scholars exploring the complex boundary between our tech-dominated world and what should be the mind-dominated world of higher ed.

]]>https://riverside.comRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Mon, 26 Oct 2026 11:28:33 GMTWed, 09 Sep 2026 15:10:39 GMT60Lilla Nora Kiss<p>What happens when high tech meets higher ed? The landscape is fraught with opportunities for mis-steps and mistakes. AI chatbots and agents, distractions of streaming, and swarms of charlatans and fraudsters make the networked world a dangerous place where informed caution should guide our steps. </p><p>In Brains &amp; Bots, a podcast from the National Association of Scholars, Lilla Nora Kiss, NAS Senior Fellow for International Affairs, engages leading scholars exploring the complex boundary between our tech-dominated world and what should be the mind-dominated world of higher ed. </p>episodicLilla Nora Kissturner@nas.orgno<![CDATA[The Ed Tech Delusion]]>In this episode of Brains and Bots, Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath joins Lilla Nora Kiss to discuss myths in education, the role of effort and struggle in learning, the impact of technology and AI, and how to foster a pro-learning environment. His insights challenge conventional wisdom and offer practical advice for educators, parents, and policymakers.

See the video episode on the NAS YouTube channel here.

]]>f5a95530-ab8f-415b-9800-a7f7fa4ce442Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:56:19 GMT<p>In this episode of <i><em>Brains and Bots</em></i>, Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath joins Lilla Nora Kiss to discuss myths in education, the role of effort and struggle in learning, the impact of technology and AI, and how to foster a pro-learning environment. His insights challenge conventional wisdom and offer practical advice for educators, parents, and policymakers.</p><p>See the video episode on the NAS YouTube channel <a href="https://youtu.be/4EdafzlsOyc" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">here</a>.</p>no00:58:18The Ed Tech Delusionfull