EP79: Bill Ackman's Plagiarism Manifesto - Gracearchy with Jim Babka

Unveiling a Plagiarism Epidemic Amongst the Expert Class?

**Will Bill Ackman use AI to scorch the Ivy League? And will that be a good thing?**

Trust in authorities and institutions of expertise is crumbling. This latest episode discusses a looming crisis within the expert class.

Bill Ackman is a billionaire Harvard-alum and donor. He's also a former Michael Bloomberg campaign donor. Now, some are saying he's been "red-pilled" -- suddenly aware of how bad the left-wing leaders at Harvard are. Maybe he's even nailed a thesis for reform to the university door?

Is that accurate? Well...

Ackman wrote an epic Tweet about academic plagiarism -- printed out, it's 12 pages long! In that Tweet he advocates for using AI to detect plagiarism in professor's papers. And, he thoroughly and masterfully weaves through the complex questions that are likely to arise.

We decided to sit down and talk about Bill Ackman's plagiarism proposal.

In this episode, you'll discover how Bill Ackman's Plagiarism proposal could disrupt the Ivy League and even change societal rules for YOU.

You'll also learn...

* About the time Jim was plagiarized, and how he learned to believe it's the key to success in his personal mission.

* How to be sensible on what is and what is not plagiarism.

* Whether Bill Ackman actually said he was going to do this work?

* How this topic extends beyond academia and into larger discussions about trust and authority figures.

Of course, since this is about building a Gracearchy, we cover...

* Why it's not terrible if the Ivy League falls.

* The weaponization of truth, and what Grace cheers for.

* An inherent bias in Artificial Intelligence.

Timeline

0:00 Theme

0:44 Ackman's Big Tweet

4:05 AI coming for plagiarists

8:13 Imitating Jim flatters him

14:02 Sensibility

17:56 Derivative that's delicious

20:07 Plagiarism's haves and have nots

23:23 Not principled, just a bit of weeding

27:31 Everyone misheard Ackman

28:32 Elites have failed and why

31:40 How Copyright is a different issue

32:48 Case study of allegedly misleading research

37:39 Plagiarism is not copying it's stealing

40:39 Relying on cheaters

41:11 Conserving old wine skins

43:08 Weaponizing truths and standards

44:08 Bringing grace to this scandal and feud

49:09 Dumbed down by ranking content

51:11 If Ackman doesn't act

52:02 AI repeats elites and ignores originality

54:46 Relational trust is the standard

57:36 What Grace cheers

Show Notes

Bill Ackman's Xweet part 1 - https://twitter.com/billackman/status/1743792224020619450?s=46&t=iVet03hQBWVHrmgaEyKZsw

Bill Ackman's Xweet part 2 - https://twitter.com/BillAckman/status/1743792226591723914

Jim's "Brookpark Marines" post: https://zeroaggressionproject.org/jim-babka/the-brookpark-marines-the-truth-about-war-and-a-message-of-life/

@PhilWMagnessPhil AND https://www.facebook.com/phil.magness

I (Jim) have been enjoyed the work of the top honesty expert (behavioral economist) of the last ten years. But now academics are unearthing potential evidence of fraud. I hope this turns out to be wrong. - https://youtu.be/Q3tSG8h_O3A

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