Monday, August 17th: Character Isn't Downloaded One of the things that fascinates me about children is that character develops slowly. It isn't downloaded. It isn't memorized. It isn't something we simply explain once. Instead, character grows through thousands of ordinary moments such as keeping promises, apologizing, trying again after failure, learning patience, being honest when dishonesty would be easier, choosing kindness when frustration would be understandable. No technology can simply hand those qualities to a child. AI may eventually become extraordinarily helpful in supporting learning. But character still grows through lived experience. That makes me think one of the greatest responsibilities of adults is protecting opportunities for children to actually practice becoming the kinds of people they hope to become. Question: Looking back, what ordinary experience shaped your character more than you realized at the time? #Monday #MondayMotivation #August #BackToSchool #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #CharacterFormation #HumanDevelopment #Education #HumanCenteredAI #TechnologyAndSociety #HumanFlourishing

SUNDAY AI PROMPT: Let's make the machine choose. 😂 We've asked AI what it would tell a stranger who found our phone. We've asked it to caricature us based on everything it knows about us. Today, we're going to be slightly meaner. Ask whatever AI you use most: "Based on everything you know about me from our conversations, what ONE fictional character am I most like? You must pick exactly ONE. You may not give me a combination of characters, honorable mentions, runners-up, alternatives, or tell me that no single character adequately captures me. You have to choose. Don't match me based only on superficial traits. Consider how I think, make decisions, solve problems, handle relationships and conflict, respond under pressure, communicate, work, and move through the world. Include both flattering and less-flattering similarities. Explain and defend your choice in 2,500 characters or fewer so the entire answer will fit in a LinkedIn comment." Yes, the character limit is intentional. 😂 Apparently my idea of Sunday entertainment is giving an AI that has accumulated an absurd amount of information about me a complex classification problem, removing its ability to hedge, and then imposing a word limit. I was a French teacher. This tracks. Try it and share your answer in the comments! I'll put mine below. #Sunday #SundayFunday #SundayThoughts #August #Summer #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIPrompt #ChatGPTPrompt #GenerativeAI #PromptEngineering #AITools #HumanCenteredAI #TechnologyAndSociety