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A few years ago, I still had a physical CD copy of Oregon Trail for my old computer. I remember going over my best friend’s house when I was younger and playing that game for hours. All I remember is you had to keep buying supplies and the family kept getting sick, so you had to balance everything with each level.

And now, today, I am known as “The Oregon Trail Generation” or a “Gray Millennial/Gen Y,” and I kind of like that. I don’t fully identify with Millennials. I grew up with grunge, my classroom was the first to have Apple computers (in 1st grade), I had AOL, played early computer games, and used old search engines like Dogpile and Ask Jeeves.

I can’t believe where we are now. I can’t believe these new technology tools. I never imagined I would have a computer in my pocket all day long, or a voice assistant to ask what the weather is daily. And now, generative AI?

I’ve been playing around with generative AI and I’m trying to ask it different prompts each day to see what it’s capable of. So far, I’ve asked it to create schedules, plan itineraries, recommend books, summarize books, brainstorm new ideas, and create plans.

The brainstorming new ideas is a prompt I’ll use often because it came up with things I did not think of. I wrote down what it told me, and I saved those things for further research. You can even start some research with generative AI prompts.

I’m excited to explore this tool further to see what else it can come up with.

☕ What I’m Drinking: Big Trouble by Counter Culture Coffee

🎧 What I’m Listening to: Astrid Engberg - Trust (2023)

📺 What I’m Watching: Superpower (2023) by Aaron Kaufman and Sean Penn about Russian’s invasion of Ukraine.