An E-Bike for the Mind: AI, Augmentation, and Moral Hazards with Josh Brake

Josh Brake shares metaphors and other ethical considerations regarding AI on Episode 607 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode “When you’re moving fast, it’s really easy to do things unreflectively and to make a poor decision without even realizing it.” -Josh Brake “The special thing about bicycles, at least in their non-electronic versions, is that they’re totally human-powered. So it’s all based on the energy that you put in, and it’s just transforming that energy, to make you more efficient and be able to move faster.” -Josh Brake “When you have something like an E bike, that augmentation can be used in a variety of different ways, so it can be used to actually extend your capacity.” -Josh Brake “It’s really this question about what’s the intention that you’re bringing to the technology when you come to the tool, what are the questions that you’re asking? And fundamentally, it’s a question of purpose and intention. Why are you using this?” -Josh Brake Resources An E-Bike for the Mind: E-Bikes and What They Can Teach Us About AI, by Josh Brake I Grew Up Oblivious About Grades. It Ruined Me. Now I’m on a Mission to Ruin You too, by Josh Brake The Moral Hazards of AI Are Closer Than You Realize, by Josh Brake We Are Teaching Humans: A 50,000-Foot View As We Enter a New Academic Year, by Josh Brake On Bandwidth and Bottlenecks: AI Tools Help Us Go Faster, But Speed is Not All You Need, by Josh Brake Technique’s Deception: How Jacques Ellul Helps Us Understand the Difference Between Education and Schooling, by Josh Brake Clip – Final Advice from Suborno Isaac Bari The Real World of Technology, by Ursula Franklin Player Piano, by Kurt Vonnegut College Matters Podcast

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An E-Bike for the Mind: AI, Augmentation, and Moral Hazards with Josh Brake is an episode from Teaching in Higher Ed by Bonni Stachowiak.

This episode is 44:27 long.

This episode was published on Jan 29, 2026.

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