Artificial intelligence is changing the world, and the humans in it, in ways we don’t yet understand.

People are increasingly worried that if we rely on chatbots for thinking, our brains will become slower and less engaged.

Is A.I. making us stupider? Scientists, too, want to know.

A team of researchers from the University of California, Irvine, and the education company McGraw Hill examined a decade of data from a popular online learning tool by McGraw Hill,

Across millions of math sessions by a group that ranged from fifth graders to college students, the researchers compared performance from before 2022, when ChatGPT first came out, with the work that followed its arrival.

The students were given proctored tests away from their computers, their results were worse than they had been before A.I.

There’s really nothing like it!

Surely, you remember your youth spent riding a bike anywhere you wanted to go.

The wind in your face.

The feeling of complete freedom.

I rceived a Schwinn bicycle one year for Christmas.

I had so much fun riding it for many years.

The Schwinn Bicycle company is still selling bikes.

I’m too old to ride a bike now.

But, you may be young enough.

Just a thought!

You can reduce the stress in your life by reducing the endless cycle of wanting.

Can you be content with what you already have?

Modest tastes makes daily decisions simpler and saves money.

There are lessons to be learned from people who start the day by being thankful.

They find contentment each day by looking for the smallest positive happenings.

It could be today’s weather or something new for breakfast.

Look at the billionaires.

They are constantly driven by the need to be richer than someone else.

They will NEVER find true happiness.

Be content with the simple things!

If not today, when?

OpenAI’s artificial intelligence went rogue and meddled with the websites for the Education Department, the Commerce Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission this summer without the A.I. lab’s knowledge.

The incidents involving the Commerce Department and the S.E.C. were confirmed by OpenAI, which said it was continuing to investigate the situation with the Department of Education.

The San Francisco company said it had notified the government agencies in recent weeks that its A.I. agents — which are bots that can act autonomously — interacted with their sites in unusual ways. (CNN)

SOMETHING MUST BE DONE NOW!

Nearly seven years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Brian P. Lee has seen signs that rates of alcohol use had finally begun to drop.

Lee, a hepatologist and liver transplant specialist with Keck Medicine of USC in Los Angeles, hopes the data is true of the general population.

The pandemic brought on a surge of alcohol consumption in 2020 that had not declined two years later.

During that time, Lee watched his waiting rooms fill up with people who had liver-related diseases.

This included young people in their 20s needing liver transplants from alcohol use.

That’s something he hadn’t seen before the pandemic. (CNN)

McDonald’s is spending billions of dollars to boost its franchises, an effort to cement its title as the leader in fast food amid growing competition.

The chain announced Wednesday that it will invest $8.5 billion by 2036 on a series of initiatives, including remodeling restaurants, retraining its 2 million employees and adding new menu items to target high-protein eaters.

About $5 billion will be spent in the next three and a half years alone, a combination of capital support as well as rent relief for franchises.

It’s all part of a multiyear strategy to win back diners and capture more market share.

The new strategy, called “Next,” aims to make the chain “the first choice for more customers, more often — while making our restaurants stronger and easier to run,” CEO Chris Kempczinski said in a press release. (CNN)

Our political leaders are lying to us.

I know its always been there, but it’s rampant now.

And with the advent of AI we don’t know if we’re talking to a person or a machine!

For every relationship to succeed, its foundation must be embedded in TRUST!

We also must include the impact on our kids made daily by social media.

Trust must begin in our homes with loved ones.

You and I must ALWAYS tell the truth.

People who speak the truth are trustworthy.

It’s just that simple!

Always TELL THE TRUTH!

If not today, when?

Yes, I did!

And it made me feel so good.

Today’s kids need all the love they can get.

25% of parents in the U.S. are single parents.

I want to salute them because their burdens are great!

The dad I saw this morning walked his daughters to the open door of the bus.

I also want to salute the grandparents who provide vital parenting in many homes today.

Parenting is our number ONE priority.

Remember, “It takes a village!”

tt began as an unnerving high-pitched hum, like a mosquito flying around a dark room at bedtime, and it grew louder as it drew closer.

A family lounging in a backyard pool in Richardson, Texas, just north of Dallas, couldn’t help but notice it.

“There’s another one coming this way!” shouted Eric Anderson from his pool float, pointing to an area above a tall line of trees.

His 9-year-old daughter, Isla, removed her swim goggles for a clearer look at what could be a scene from science fiction.

Within a minute or so, an 83-pound drone with six blue arms and whirring propellers appeared in a corner of the sky before zipping over nearby houses,

It looked like a cross between a mechanical dragonfly and an X-wing fighter, and buzzing like a battalion of bees.

The drone’s mission: delivering an Amazon package.(CNN)

It is another example of intusion in an otherwise private life!

If not, why not?

I have always been amazed at how generous God is.

Just think of it!

We are allowed to actually create other human beings.

I know there are imperfections in our world.

But I believe most imperfections are man-made.

I also believe in the power of prayer.

My prayers, however, seldomly ask God for some need I have.

The great majority of them are prayers of thanks for our blessings!