Ep. 38: Nobody Has This Figured Out: How to Learn AI Through Curiosity, Not Perfection

AI for U · Jan 29, 2026 · 31m

Higher ed is stepping into a new era, and Rebecca Stapley is right in the middle of it. The Director of Marketing and Communications at the Rochester Institute of Technology joins Brian to reveal how AI is helping her cut through email chaos, understand new audiences, and create more space for meaningful work. She also talks frankly about feeling hesitant at first, realizing AI literacy was becoming essential, and discovering that experimentation is the key to unlocking its real value.

Join us as we discuss:

[6:20] AI as a practice: the yoga analogy, and learning through experience

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