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How early is too early for a midlife crisis? Katie Morrison explains…

What role will AI really play in the future of our civilization?This question has been haunting me over the past few weeks.I’ve pondered over whether tools like ChatGPT will simply make our lives easier or if they’ll straight up take our jobs.Personally, I feel like any sort of creative work will always require a “human element” of some kind.But, I wondered if others were as freaked out as I am, so I traveled to Michigan to chat with Software Engineer and Nature Enthusiast Greg Babcock.Then I headed over to Kalamazoo to surprise my brother-in-law Eric for his 40th birthday and asked him too.What’s gonna happen?Music for this episode is from Planet Moon.

As companies, start-ups, and other institutions continue to prioritize DEI initiatives, we need to remember that it’s on ALL OF US to ensure that they’re actually meaningful. I traveled to Philadelphia to chat with Kepler’s Associate VP of the DEI Center of Excellence, Justin Roberts, about how best to do that. 

Without warning, the battery in my 2006 Pontiac Vibe stopped working. Luckily, I know a car guy. 

Sarah T. Cummings does A LOT. This is how she does it. 

Instead of dwelling on the fact that I haven’t kept up with photo-based memory preservation, I decided to interview my kids.