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Larry McNeil

23:44 - 24:05

"I witnessed it myself, you know, because I'd sit on committees, you know, as a faculty member, and we'd be evaluating student applications to our programs. And you know what? That's one of the things that I was able to notice because I do a lot of writing. I was able to spot AI, you know?"

“I witnessed it myself, you know, because I'd sit on committees, you know, as a faculty member, and we'd be evaluating student applications to our programs. And you know what? That's one of the things that I was able to notice because I do a lot of writing. I was able to spot AI, you know?”
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Larry McNeil
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Alaska News
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July 21, 2026

From the transcript

And I witnessed it myself, you know, because I'd sit on committees, you know, as a faculty member, and we'd be evaluating student applications to our programs. And you know what? That's one of the things that I was able to notice because I do a lot of writing. I was able to spot AI, you know? Yeah.

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