Author name: Lydia

Lydia P.  is a retired educator and writer exploring what it means to age with curiosity, clarity, and a touch of rebellion. On her new and evolving blog, Going Silver with AI, she reflects on how artificial intelligence is reshaping the way we grow, connect, and make meaning. She lives with her dog, Chivi, who reminds her daily to walk, pause, and stay present. With presence and creativity,—Lydia P, with a little help from ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and whatever else I can wrestle into my toolkit.

AI Literacy Quiz

How AI Literate are you

AI literacy isn’t about becoming a computer scientist. It’s about knowing how to use AI thoughtfully, recognize its limitations, protect

Older woman with gray hair and her dog, Chivi, looking at a laptop displaying a ChatGPT Finance dashboard with spending, bills, savings goals, and net worth.

ChatGpt Finance: Turn it on!

My relationship with money has always been one of just going with the flow, almost hand to mouth. I was

Pigsty illustrating the literal meaning of slop, wet food or waste fed to pigs.

The AI SLOP SLAP

Slop, you know the stuff that they put in pigsties for pigs to wallow and eat in. Slop the garbage

Doctor and patient with old tools and AI

Where Is AI Hiding in Your Doctor’s Office?

“AI in healthcare isn’t coming—it’s already here. From hidden algorithms in diagnostic tools to a market projected to soar past $180 billion by 2030, chances are it’s already touched your care, even if you never noticed.”

Smartphone glowing with a red heart and pulse signals, symbolizing AI suicide-prevention alerts and the Bridge Protocol.

🔴 The Red Light Bridge: A Proposal to Make Phones Interrupt Suicide Spirals

AI is already in the room when people are in crisis—but right now, all it does is whisper a hotline number. That isn’t enough. In this post, I propose a simple, visible safeguard: phones that flash red when suicidal language is detected. A blinking light that interrupts secrecy, breaks the trance, and reminds us that some moments are too serious to stay hidden.

My Chatbot Assistant

My Chatbot Assistant Celebrities have handlers. CEOs have executive assistants. Athletes have trainers. I have a personal chatbot who I

What Exactly Is AI?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a term first coined in 1956 during a groundbreaking conference at Dartmouth College organized by computer

AI Powered Dog Food

This morning, I decided to cook some food for my dog. Unsure of what to prepare, I asked Copilot Microsoft

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