For the past three weeks, life has been busy caring for teen grandgirls while our daughter and her husband are in Portugal. We thoroughly enjoyed spending time with the girls and other than missing our own bed, would gladly do it again. Now their parents have had to trade in their t-shirts and jeans for the heavy clothing required here in the north where we have a few feet of snow.
This is my deck and I love it. I like snow so much better than rain.
I also had my three month diabetic visit and the session was filled with tech conversations. My doctor walked in with a laptop and said with my permission she’d like her new AI assistant to be taking notes on our visit. At the end of our time together, she showed me the summary notes that the AI had written based on our conversations and said that the AI was saving her so much time on admin tasks.
During our visit, my doctor was very pleased with how well I am managing my diabetes. I told her it was thanks to the help of an app called My Diet Diary that I’ve downloaded to my phone. It’s been keeping track of the number of carbs I’m eating and has helped me make much better food choices. I get reminded about drinking enough water and exercising as well. It scans bar codes and even has the ability to scan my plate, diagnose the food on it, and do the calorie count (reliably too).
The world of AI is so interesting and constantly improving almost every day. Yes, there are drawbacks but that’s the same with any new technology. In future emails I’ll share some of the things I’ve been learning. How do you feel about AI? Does it excite you or make you nervous?
I also love reading books with a futuristic slant, like Under Their Skin and the follow-up book In Over Their Heads, both by one of my favourite authors, Margaret-Peterson-Haddix. Teen fiction is my preference since I get a great story without all the sex and bad language thrown into the book. Good books also make great gifts.
