The Professor is Live! with Mark Salisbury
The Professor is Live! with Mark Salisbury is a short, practical conversation about life in the age of artificial intelligence. In each fast-paced episode, Mark Salisbury and producer Rikko Smart explore how AI is changing work, school, leadership, and everyday life through stories from the news, expert guests, live audience interaction, humor, and the occasional sarcastic observation. Because in an age of intelligent machines, human judgment still matters.
The Professor is Live! with Mark Salisbury
Episode 16 — What Knowledge Still Belongs to Humans in an Age of AI?
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In this episode of The Professor is Live! with Mark Salisbury and producer Rikko Smart explore a question many professionals are quietly asking: if AI can research, write, and analyze faster than we can, what exactly is left for humans to do? Using the familiar framework of Bloom’s Taxonomy, Mark introduces a helpful metaphor—AI as the world’s smartest intern. While AI excels at remembering information, explaining concepts, and applying procedures, the higher levels of thinking—evaluation, creation, and metacognitive judgment—still belong to humans.