Episode 43

Intern Riley Bell Does a Deep Dive on Claude

In this episode of AI for the Humanities, intern Riley Bell—a Junior at the University of Delaware studying Three Languages and English—returns to showcase Claude 3.7. Riley explores features such as projects, web search, and automated tooltips, demonstrating Claude’s growing role in everyday academic tasks, like grant writing and revision workflows. More than just a how-to, this video critically engages with questions around ethics, authorship, and automation, highlighting the tensions between productivity and originality in the AI era. Drawing from Anthropic’s own student usage report and educational research, Riley raises important questions about how Claude is impacting learning, labor, and human decision-making—both in and beyond the classroom.