Deacs.AI

How are todays students actually using AI behind closed doors? Wake Forest's Becket Spencer joins the podcast to peel back the curtain on his daily workflow. He breaks down how he leverages custom AI dashboards and autonomous market agents to test business theories and manage his workload. If youve ever wanted to construct a personalized digital infrastructure from scratch without writing a single line of traditional code, Becket has your blueprint.

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At the Wake Forest School of Business, we are preparing students not simply to navigate the AI era — but to shape it. Because in a world transformed by intelligent systems, principled leadership matters more than ever. For todays students, AI literacy in business is not optional. It is foundational to effective leadership. This reflects a reality that artificial intelligence in business is no longer experimental. It is operational. Join Executive Director of Experiential Learning and Innovation, Shannon McKeen, as we talk about the School of Business's award-winning all in approach to integrating artificial intelligence.

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How do you prepare today's business leaders for a world that changes overnight? What do you do when the textbook updates itself every single week? Academic Director, Dr. Carm Taglienti, breaks down the creation of Wake Forest University School of Professional Studies’ hot new graduate degree. Here's a hint. It's not about technical programming, but instead executive decision-making, ethical scaling, and operational management. Discover how higher ed is shifting to build an agile curriculum that stays ahead of volatile industry demands.

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While some students are using AI to skip the readings, rising senior Aidan Oliss is using it to build the future. He takes us inside his digital workshop to show us how he is creating with Claude Code and Codex without a traditional coding background. He lays out his workflow for a Decision Council to pressure test his ideas and remove bias from AI models. This episode is about how a curious mind can expand what one human can achieve. The barrier for entry to become a CEO just hit zero.

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Ryan steers the ship as he shows Michael some of the incredible features in NotebookLM.

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The U.S. patent system is built on a simple bargain: disclose your invention to the public, and you receive a 20-year monopoly to profit from it. But what happens when the inventor isn't human? Wake Forest law professor Keith Robinson breaks down the fascinating legal battles happening right now at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He even debates the ethical questions surrounding artificial intelligence in the justice system, like the possibility of an algorithm deciding your prison sentence. It would be a crime to miss this episode.

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Wake Forest MSBA student, Jalen Marshall, got the keys to the DEAC cluster so he watched a video and built himself a GPT. Yup, this is the advanced world we live in now. Along the way, he created a personal masterclass in the nuts and bolts of artificial intelligence. Did it scare him? A little. Did it energize him? You bet! He stopped being a user and started being a creator. Will he be the next solopreneur unicorn?

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Tonight, the NFL Draft puts the future of young athletes on display. But behind the scenes? It is all data. In this episode, we break down how AI and predictive modeling shape draft decisions—and why that should matter to anyone working in higher education. Using examples like Fernando Mendoza, we explore how colleges are starting to use similar tools to evaluate students, predict success, and guide decision-making. It is a conversation about potential, bias, and the limits of data. And a reminder that even the smartest systems do not always get it right.

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Would you intentionally add slang to your term paper to dodge a flawed AI detector? Wake Forest senior Alexander Sun would. Straight from the frontlines of campus life, he breaks down the game of high-stakes academic chicken being played in classrooms today and he's bringing his text messages as receipts. From 3am study sessions with digital tutors to shifting office hours and student motivation, he describes what it takes to survive in today's college environment.

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Michael previously answered some of AI's burning questions, this time Michael puts Ryan on the spot with some surprise questions Michael has for Ryan about AI.

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