AV SuperFriends: Off the Rails - I'm a psychologist, but I'm not YOUR psychologist

Recorded January 23, 2026

In this episode, the panel looks into the growing disconnect between AI hype and the realities of higher-ed operations. As campuses spin up task forces and strategy decks, the people closest to the work are still trying to explain that real progress comes from solid processes, clean data, and systems that actually integrate, not shiny tools bolted on top of chaos.

The conversation drifts (on purpose) through buzzwords, half-baked pilots, and the familiar frustration of being asked to support technologies that skipped the fundamentals. Along the way, the panel brings a healthy mix of skepticism, humor, and hard-earned experience from living at the intersection of AV, IT, and reality.

It's part therapy session, part reality check, and part drive-time radio nonsense. If you're sitting on an AI committee, dodging hype cycles, or just trying to keep classrooms running while everything gets labeled "AI-powered," this one will hit close to home.

News article: European Journal of Education - Intelligent Classrooms: How AI and IoT Can Reshape Learning Spaces

Connect with Dr. Kati Peditto: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katipeditto/

DLR Group "Evolution of Campus" https://www.dlrgroup.com/firm-news/evolution-of-campus-research-outcomes/

Alternate show titles:

• You drive the bus you throw people under

• It's a switch on the wall

• The AI-native

• We're gonna need you to talk about this with other people

• Two-factor three different times

• The sun couldn't rise tomorrow

• The cooperative nature this will require is one of the biggest hurdles

• We're doing this and if not you're getting fired

• Start in an existing building

• How insistent are you?

• AI-enabled whatchamadoolie

• Your internal relationships are not my problem

• Wait, can I give some context real quick?

• What the hell is the ask?

• Define something!

• Learning styles don't exist

• Information isn't as important as it used to be

• Florida ceiling

• They've conversated with the clients

• Am I gonna be the wet blanket here?

• Just give me some bread crumbs

• If your university has X amount of money

• How do we know we've elevated the human experience?

• Doubling the number of butts in seats

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