1783: "Humanity is Unprepared for AI"

1783: "Humanity is Unprepared for AI"

Author: JC September 22, 2026 Duration: 2:51
Interesting Things with JC #1783: "Humanity is Unprepared for AI" – A student spends years preparing for a career while AI changes the work before graduation. Machines can already help people research, solve problems, and produce results, but employers may need fewer workers as those capabilities expand. Students must choose careers and decide when to trust AI systems that can still invent evidence.

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1760: "The Greek That Stayed Behind" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:36
Interesting Things with JC #1760: "The Greek That Stayed Behind" – Muslim families in Turkey still speak a form of Greek that survived the 1923 population exchange. Now fewer children are learning it, and researchers are…
1759: "Gestalt Language Processing" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:43
Interesting Things with JC #1759: "Gestalt Language Processing" – A child repeats a phrase they heard hours, days, or weeks earlier, sometimes using the same tone and rhythm. This delayed echolalia can communicate someth…
1758: "The Oxytocin Feedback Loop" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:54
Interesting Things with JC #1758: "The Oxytocin Feedback Loop" – A dog holds its owner’s gaze, and oxytocin rises in the human. The owner then interacts more with the dog, whose oxytocin also rises, creating a feedback l…
1757: "The Tracking Device We Carry" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:47
Interesting Things with JC #1757: "The Tracking Device We Carry" – Your phone tracking everywhere you go once sounded like a conspiracy. Now smartphones routinely create location records through cell towers, GPS, Wi-Fi,…
1756: "What Happens When You Skip Sleep?" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:40
Interesting Things with JC #1756: "What Happens When You Skip Sleep?" – Stay awake long enough and adenosine signaling increases sleep pressure while caffeine can temporarily block the feeling of it. Attention, judgment,…
1755: "How Do Dogs Know How to Herd?" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:45
Interesting Things with JC #1755: "How Do Dogs Know How to Herd?" – A Border Collie can crouch, stare, and move around sheep before learning herding commands. Selective breeding reshaped parts of the canine hunting seque…
1754: "Jose Alberto Gutierrez" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:47
Interesting Things with JC #1754: "Jose Alberto Gutierrez" – Bogotá garbage collector José Alberto Gutiérrez keeps pulling discarded books from the trash until his home becomes a free library and the books begin reaching…
1753: "Charlie" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:08
Interesting Things with JC #1753: "Charlie" – The name is very common today, but it kept changing as it passed through different languages.
1752: "The Blind Man" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:36
Interesting Things with JC #1752: "The Blind Man" – A blind man’s eyes are touched, and he begins to see people, but they look like trees walking around. His eyes are touched again, and his vision becomes clear, leaving…
1751: "The Wasps That Know Your Face" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 0:00
Interesting Things with JC #1751: "The Wasps That Know Your Face" – Northern paper wasps recognize individual nestmates by their faces. Change a familiar face, and the colony responds with aggression until it learns who…