googling it

Friday, February 09, 2024

Google has upped its act, and this morning, my electronic feed is loaded with AI-generated information. Almost anything I’ve googled for information, articles I’ve opened and read, and topics addressed in my blogs reappear, updated, in my Google feed.

This new AI upgrade surprises and delights. Most topics I research and write about continue to interest me. Since AI now has the capacity to reach more completely into our homes, maybe it’s time we bid farewell to those original “helpers,” like Alexis and such.

All this surprises, delights, and is scary. Reviewing my phone’s electronic feed is like facing my brain’s and memory’s contents. I can’t help wondering what might happen in our brains and to our beings if retaining data becomes less organically necessary. Well, won’t we find out!

Meanwhile, my part-time department store job yesterday assigned me to Dresses, a department I’ve wanted to work in, to learn. Being there wasn’t very different from being in other departments because the work is mainly about interacting with customers, and that’s mostly fun.

The store manager asked if I’d be open for assignments around to different departments, and my response was an enthusiastic “Yes!” Her asking felt great and moving around will make my learning more rounded. Plus, I now have a backup in Google. Regarding workplace topics that I am considering and perhaps debating internally, Google may answer cogently with coaching on how to address situations.

Dear Friends: Modern challenges force us to get our heads in the right place. Diana