If your job involves thinking, explaining, or creating…AI wants a word.
In this episode of Adjunct Intelligence, we dive into the infinite content machine. how educators and creatives alike can build personalized AI-powered experiences (for better or Franken-worse). But before we Frankenstein our workflows, we unpack a dangerous new AI platform that’s proudly marketing itself as a cheat engine. and how it’s dragging academic integrity into the abyss with it. We also explore summer model releases from Grok, Gemini, and GPT-5, the growing trend of AI teaching you, and a content future so abundant it might actually break the internet or give us a run at season 8 of Game of Thrones. Bold claim? Maybe. Terrifyingly plausible? Definitely.
Here’s how to get ahead without selling your digital soul.
Top 3 AI Breakthroughs this Week—and What is to Do About Them 1. Cluely and the Rise of ‘Cheat Tech’ Forget whispers of academic dishonesty, cluely is shouting it from the homepage. This screen-reading, answer-piping platform markets itself as proudly undetectable.
🔎 Why it matters: It facilitates skipping the learning process entirely.
2. OpenAI’s “Study Together” Mode GPT goes Socratic: OpenAI is testing a chat mode that asks questions instead of handing over answers. 🔎 Why it matters: It moves AI from spoon-feeder to learning guide.
3. Infinite Content Engines Are Real Build your own AI-powered worldbuilder: blogs, shows, mangas, and games—based on public domain classics and your imagination. 🔎 Why it matters: We’re one Frankenstein away from overwhelming the human experience.
Bonus points for ethics debates.
📚 Segment Breakdown 🔥 The Cheating App That Admits It’s Cheating How Cluely is marketing bad behavior as a feature. → 00:00:54
🎓 Anthropic + OpenAI Are Teaching, Not Just Automating Why AI education is getting more deliberate—and what it means for higher ed. → 00:04:07
📈 The Formula to Replace Your Job Data + Reward + Compute = Bye-bye dashboards. → 00:06:23
🎧 You Can’t Quantify “Sounds Good” Why the unmeasurable human experience still matters. → 00:08:20
🛠️ Build Your Own Infinite Content Machine A walk-through for your own Frankenstein AI content monster. → 00:13:11
🤖 Will Fanfic Kill IP or Save Creativity? Digital plastic, shared culture, and the case for a Board of Standards. → 00:20:21
🗓️ Monday Morning Action Item Grab one unit you teach or support. Ask: could this be taught through story, simulation, or satire? Use ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude to generate a short content sample. something that makes the student feel the learning, not just survive it. Compare it with your existing lesson. Which one would 2026 students remember? Which one would 2026 students even finish?
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