{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Educast 3000","title":"Catch Me If You Can: Why This Biology Professor's AI Tutors Lie on Purpose","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/a94a56d4\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2411,"description":"\"Hallucinations are not a bug in my classroom. They are the assignment.\" That's Giorgio Lagna's framing for one of the 13 AI tutors he's built into his biology course at Santa Clara University. In this episode of Educast 3000, the UCSF research scientist and college lecturer joins Ryan Lufkin and Zach Pendleton to walk through what happens when you design AI not to answer questions but to refuse them, not to be right but to argue back. The conversation covers his \"Crucible\" course design, the DISCO framework research he published this year showing measurable equity outcomes, and why he believes higher ed is making a strategic mistake by treating AI as an integrity problem instead of an assessment problem.\nIn this episode:\nToll booth gems, boss battle gems, and certification gems explained\nWhy deliberate AI errors teach better AI literacy than warnings about hallucinations\nThe cost math on AI-powered oral exams (NYU's run came to 42 cents per student)\nHow community college students are now running CRISPR research with AI co-investigators\nWhat Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical said about AI and education the day before this recording\n\nPedagogy Under the Microscope: https://substack.com/@glagna\nStructured AI Integration for Equitable STEM Writing: A Pilot Study of the DISCO Framework: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0047231X.2026.2625111\nUCSF profile: https://profiles.ucsf.edu/giorgio.lagna\n\nFurther readingPope Leo’s ‘Magnifica humanitas’: AI must serve humanity not concentrate power: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-05/pope-leo-xiv-encyclical-magnifica-humanitas-ai.html","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/DDODfSdXU3WxmelLdCXwpuyR1UVMaBJBT4P69rKbN2g/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yZTNm/ZDNkMGI4YjhiMDU0/YzQ4OTYwZGY3Y2M0/NjUyMy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}