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there’s an update or something new to learn. Meanwhile, young people are tapping through screens and programs without thinking twice. After all that, it’s not hard to see why seniors start feeling like the problem must be them. Even still, we don’t think that “I’m not a tech person” should be the end of your story. The next time a thought like that pops into your head, try treating it like a habit rather than a hard truth. Most of the time, it comes from previous frustrations rather than an inability to learn something new. In our experience, most seniors are able to pick up new skills (even those involving technology) quite well when they’re given clear instructions and stop letting past experiences get in their way. A good place to start is with a single goal. Pick one thing that would make life easier or more fun. Maybe you want to be able to access lab results on your health care provider’s website or learn to do video calls with the
grandkids. Whatever it is, sit with someone you trust and let them walk you through it, but do the tapping yourself. If something goes wrong, you can close the screen and start again. It might take a few tries, but you may find that you’re more of a “tech person” than you thought. –David and Irma Bennett
Meet Your New Birthday Card Helper TRYING AI FOR PERSONAL MESSAGE
follow his dreams. What makes me proud: the way he loves people, his reading ability, how fast he is growing up. Make the tone: encouraging, playful, warm, funny.
Many seniors feel unsure about using artificial intelligence (AI), and that is completely understandable. It’s a new technology that many of us don’t really understand. But think of all the major technological changes in the past that were also a little scary to people at first. There was electricity, automobiles, air travel, and even microwave ovens. More recently, we saw the arrival of home computers, the internet, email, and mobile phones. AI is no different. It’s just a new technology that feels intimidating until you learn to use it. Once you start to experiment, you’ll find that it can help with a lot of things. So, we are giving you an assignment to help you take your first step into the
new world of artificial intelligence. Let’s use AI to write a really good birthday card greeting for one of your grandkids.
Step 1: Type “ ChatGPT.com ” into your web browser.
Then hit the Enter key.
Step 2: Type in words to tell AI what you want. (It’s called a prompt.)
Step 3: Choose your favorite greeting of the five and write it in the birthday card. That’s all there is to it. You’ll never again struggle to write something different and interesting in birthday cards. And you can use this same approach to write other things as well, including notes to friends and family, thank-you cards, and holiday messages. Try it and let us know what you think!
Here’s the prompt you type in, but first change the bolded words to whatever fits your situation: Give me 5 different birthday greetings for my grandson Seth . He is age 7 . He likes: Legos, dinosaurs. What I love about him: his smile and laughter. What I hope for him: work hard in school, help his mom,
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