# The Learning Curve: Part 2 - The Student Dilemma - Is AI the great equalizer — or the next thing that widens the gap?

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Published: 2026-03-19T09:00:00+00:00
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Is AI the great equalizer — or the next thing that widens the gap? In Episode 2 of The Learning Curve, JR and ARIA go inside the student experience — and what they find is messier, more hopeful, and more urgent than the cheating-panic headlines suggest. This episode covers: how first-generation students are using AI to access tutoring they could never afford; why Turnitin's false positive rates are harming the very students AI was supposed to help; what cognitive science says about 'desirable...

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