How Today’s Agentic AI Changes What and How We Teach, with Teddy Svoronos
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Today on episode number 617 of the Teaching in a Higher Ed podcast, How Today's Agenic AI changes what and how we teach with Teddy Swarnos. Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential. Welcome to this episode of Teaching in Higher Ed. I'm Bonnie Stahoviak and this is the space where we explore the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning. We also share ways to improve our productivity approaches so we can have more peace in our lives and be even.
more present for our students. There's a Charles Babbage quote that today's guest, Teddy Swarnes, uses to think about AI literacy. And I'm reading from one of Teddy's blog posts now, and and reading as he quotes Charles Babbage here about his mechanical computer. Quote, on two occasions I have been asked Pray, mister Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?
I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. In 2026, that confusion is everywhere, and Teddy is grappling with that confusion and doing wonderful writing and collaboration with his colleagues. Teddy Swarness is a senior lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School where he teaches statistics and public policy. He's a returning guest today and has also been a guest on other podcasts, including a beloved podcast of mine, The MacPower Users.
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