On this episode of Trending with Timmerie 

Episode Guide

• Back to school? – new grading trends even at Ivy League schools in the face of AI (2:54)
• Pope Leo’s birthday! (24:22)
• People from within the AI companies are calling for a slowdown of development (25:38)
• AI Intelligence? (39:19)
• The Exultation of the Cross – suffering (46:10)
• Tomorrow on Trending (50:55)

Resources mentioned: 

Episode: The Trades & Catholic Trade Schools

https://relevantradio.com/2024/10/the-trades-catholic-trade-schools/ 

Who Trains AI?

https://relevantradio.com/2026/06/who-trains-ai/ 

MIT AI Report Calls for Alternative Grading, More Social Learning 

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2026/08/28/mit-ai-report-calls-alternative-grading 

Harvard Will Cap A Grades

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty/learning-assessment/2026/05/20/harvard-will-cap-grades

Anthropic Researchers Raise Alarm Over A.I. Acceleration, Warning of Threat to Humanity - The New York Times 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/technology/anthropic-researchers-raise-alarm.html 

Magnifica Humanitas 

https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html 

Antique Et Nova

https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20250128_antiqua-et-nova_en.html?curius=1239&utm_ 

Salvifici Doloris 

https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1984/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_11021984_salvifici-doloris.html