In this episode, Mish sits down with Professor Professor Raywat Deonandan, a global health epidemiologist, award-winning novelist, and uOttawa's research chair in university teaching, to unpack AI's growing role in academia and around the world. From students using AI for fraud or support to its unexpected potential as a digital therapist, they explore how this technology is reshaping learning, ethics, and even human connection.

This episode is hosted by Mish Boutet and produced by Lauren Roulston with sound editing by Benjamin Purdy at CHUO 89.1 FM. Music is by Kulovka

In this episode of AI and Higher Learning, host Mish Boutet sits down with André Vellino, Professor and Director of the University of Ottawa's School of Information Studies. With a passion for understanding how machines reason about information, Professor Vellino shares insights from his extensive research on automated reasoning to share how AI is rapidly shaping the future of technology in 2025. 

Join André and Mish from CHUO 89.1 FM's studio as they track the cutting-edge developments that are redefining our digital landscape. 

Phyllis Rippey, Professor of Sociology at the University of Ottawa and researcher in gender studies and inequality, has been thinking a lot about AI lately. From web design to robotic-sounding papers from students, she's seeing firsthand how this technology is shaping the way we learn. But when it comes to human ideas, creativity, and research she says she's not worried.

Join Phyllis and Mish from CHUO 89.1 FM's studio as they dive into the limits of AI and the irreplaceable power of human thought.

Music for this episode is by Kulakovka