Pathologically Uncurious About AI ft. Jake Rupp

Pathologically Uncurious About AI ft. Jake Rupp

From Artificial Intelligence: Real Talk by Eli Davis

July 10, 2026 · 1h 9m · Episode 42

About this episode

Jake Rupp discusses the implications of AI in education and his unique approach to teaching without grades.

Jake Rupp teaches AP Lang and public speaking, and he built his TikTok following by breaking down rhetoric in bite-sized lessons. In this episode we get into what voice actually means, why AI-written text is so easy to spot, and why Jake has decided AI has no place in his classroom at all. Jake grades without points. He built a feedback and revision system years before AI showed up, and students are still using AI to write their own reflections on their own AI-generated work. That single fact reshapes the whole conversation. We talk about a student who told him flat out she wasn't thinking about getting caught; she just needed the assignment done. We talk about the curse of knowledge and why group work and presentations fail when we assign them without ever teaching them. And we talk about whether early AI exposure builds better judgment later or just moves the desensitization earlier. This one gets a little heated, a lot honest, and ends with Jake handing me one of the best lines I've recorded on this show. Find Jake on TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, and beyond! Connect with Matt on LinkedIn! Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 2:00 Jake's background teaching rhetoric and how his TikTok…

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Host: Eli Davis

Guest: Jake Rupp

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Organizations: TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, AP Lang

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