The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge End Bits Special -- Using AI to Detect AI Cheating
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Feb 4, 2026 A rapid-fire mix covering AI tools that detect — and evade — cheating in schools. A quirky historical tale about a Yukon brothel and Richard Trump’s family ties to the Klondike. Short bites on two-shift sleep patterns, a landline hack to curb phone addiction, night owl heart risks, and the most commonly stolen hotel items.
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Humans Once Slept In Two Shifts
- Historical sleep commonly used a first sleep and a second sleep separated by an hour or more of wakefulness.
- Artificial lighting and changed social schedules over centuries shifted humans to continuous eight-hour sleep.
Trump Family Fortune Originated In Yukon Brothel
- Peter Mansbridge recounts Friedrich Trump's Arctic Restaurant and Hotel near the Klondike gold rush that later seeded the family's fortune.
- A replica facade stands at Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site in British Columbia as a reminder of that history.
AI Detectors Trigger A Humanizer Countermarket
- AI detectors flag writing they suspect came from large language models but are criticized as unreliable and biased.
- A new market of 'humanizer' tools emerged to alter text to avoid AI-detection flags or false accusations.