# Is AI Causing Us to Lose Critical Knowledge? with Keith Schafer

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Podcast: [Artificial Intelligence Podcast: ChatGPT, Claude, Midjourney and all other AI Tools](https://stenobird.com/podcast/artificial-intelligence-podcast-chatgpt-claude-midjourney-and-all-other-ai-tools-52214)
Published: 2026-07-27T13:00:00+00:00
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Is AI quietly erasing the hands-on knowledge that keeps our infrastructure running? Jonathan Green talks with Keith Schafer — part of multiple generations in critical power and engine infrastructure — about what happens when we over-trust AI, why "artificial intelligence" isn't truly intelligent, and how the expertise powering the coming wave of AI data centers is the very knowledge we're at risk of losing. Key Takeaways: • Over-relying on AI erodes hard-won institutional knowledge and hands...

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