Wed. Aug 5th, 2026

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC NEWS) – With AI usage growing rapidly, the concern now is how much people rely on it.

Brad Bear uses it to operate his production and podcasting business in Ohio. He said that using his own AI software has allowed him to focus on his priorities.

“The ability to simplify and create systems that have then started to alleviate my workload actually increased my ability to onboard more clients, new clients, and different types of services for the clients that I already had,” Bear said.

Seth Gilchrist, a rising senior at the Institute of Technology at Syracuse Central, said that AI has found its way into the classroom.

“Last year, we had a history teacher named Mr. Brown who would actually use AI to generate scripts of two people from the past talking,” Gilchrist said. “He’d have us read it aloud and answer questions based on that script.”

Marshall University student Alyson Messinger said that AI is starting to impact original creativity.

With the high usage of AI the worries of its future and reliance becomes more eye opening every single day.

Are People Relying Too Much on AI Audio Transcript

Nat: Here are some of the biggest developing stories.

Ben: With AI growing rapidly, the concern now is how much people rely on it.

Ben: Brad Baer uses it to operate his production and podcasting business in Ohio. He says that using his own AI software has allowed him to focus on his priorities.

Brad Bear: The ability to simplify and create systems that have then started to alleviate my workload, actually increased my ability to onboard more clients, new clients, and different types of services for the clients that I already had.

Ben: Seth Gilchrist, a rising senior at the Institute of Technology at Syracuse Central, says the AI has found its way into the classroom.

Seth Gilchrist: Last year we had a history teacher named Mr. Brown, and he would actually use AI to generate like scripts of two people from the past talking, and he’d have us read it aloud and answer questions based on that script.

Ben: Marshall University student Allison Messinger says that AI is starting to impact original creativity.

Alyson Messinger: You’ve already seen it in AI making music and AI making art and art will become a lot less original.

Ben:With the high usage of AI, the worries of its future and reliance becomes more eye opening every single day. Ben Anderson, NCC News.

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