IFYL2GO: AI Skepticism; The Most Offensive Foods

In this episode we discuss:

Your job and your mental health.

AI and College Majors.

Milkshake Addiction.

And many more topics.

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Gib. Hello and welcome to another episode of the podcast. I'm Gib Gerard here with another if y l to go episode of the show. For those of you that are not familiar, this is where we take clips from this week's radio show of myself and John Tesh talking about intelligence for your life, things that help move you forward, things that help get you from the place you are to the place you want to be. We take that. We pull it out of the radio show. We put it into a podcast you can take with you and put it in your pocket wherever you go. That's if well to go. So now that you know, here, without further ado, is me and John Tesh, John Tesch, Gib, Gerard and Gib, according to a census data report, the 75 I'm not there yet. The 75 plus workforce is the fastest growing of all demographics. Now I think it's because bosses are like, I want somebody who's gonna stay for a while and has experience. What do you think? I think it's twofold. I think it's people who retired and got really bored, and they're using the gig economy to meet other people. I think it's some people who have been, you know, are maybe in the second half of their career. They've raised children, they've done stuff, but they still need to work, and so they're they're they're taking on, you know, temporary work or part time work. And I think there's a lot of bosses who are inclined to have the cheaper labor force with a ton of expertise and are willing to allow these people to work. I hope it's not the depressing reason of people who just like, they have to keep working to support, you know, medical treatments and stuff like that. That's, that's a scary side, yeah, but there is some of that, I'm sure just it's not the predominant part, right? I think it's a lot of different factors. But the good news is, I love when I have an older guy in the Uber and we're I can hear about life stories and all kinds of stuff. I love it. John teshu Gib Gerard, the father of three kids under at this point, under 14 years old, and I get your opinion on this and you folks at home, how do young people feel about AI? Well, apparently, they're not fans. According to a survey of Gen Zers 14 to 29 by Gallup, 73% say they feel anxious or angry about AI. A rising anger may be driven by AI limiting prospects for entry level jobs. What say you I think that's a huge part of it, right? All of these clerical jobs that used to be the beginning of white collar work, younger students are finding those jobs don't exist anymore. So you either already have to have expertise or you have to already have performed as an individual in your chosen field. No more Is it coming straight out of college and getting a job, you have to figure that out in a whole new way. And for my, for my oldest daughter, who does the most homework of any of my kids, she absolutely hates it, and also, because she's very conscientious and wants to do it all well, and she gets really frustrated when her classmates use it to fake papers. And everybody knows the other students know the teacher can tell it's not it's not there yet, and it's nothing but frustrating for that, for that group, interesting. I'll get that, Gib, I've had this experience before, but the headline here is the chat bot you're using is probably kissing up to you. Is a yes. Man, yeah. A new study from Stanford found chat bots validate user behavior 49% more often than humans do. It's true, even when a human is asking AI about harmful or illegal actions, chatbots still validate users 47% of the time. Yeah, go for it. Great idea. This is where it's really important how you if you're going to communicate, if you're going to use AI as a tool, I'll say one thing, you make sure that AI is being a tool. Is a tool for you, not something that's taking over your thinking. Don't allow it to do all of that work for you. Use it as a tool. Secondly, you've got to be really aware of how you are asking the AI questions, because exactly what you're saying, it will respond in the affirmative, no matter what. One of my favorite categories of online content right now are people talking to AI in different ways, getting it to contradict itself, or getting it to hallucinate, which is what their word for errors in factual information. By just suggesting to the AI that it can do it or it should do it, and it's it ends up with some very funny circumstances. My most successful conversations are when I say, play devil's advocate. Yeah, you know you have to ask it to be, to be a contrarian. All right, here we go with a simple, but useful, powerful tip trick to keep your spending under control. You go to the ATM and you take out 50s instead of 20s. I used to have friends in college like this. They never paid for anything, right? Economists call it the denomination effect. When we have smaller bills, we're more likely to spend them on little stuff here and there. But if we're carrying around a $50 bill, we're less likely to break it to buy a coffee. So if you want to cut down incidental purposes purchases, carry bigger bills. I do this tomorrow. I do this to Connie. I always have the 50s. Yeah. Uh, look, this is, first of all, half the places I go don't even take cash anymore. So this, I don't know, I don't know if I can use this half the time, but I will say there is that psychological effect of, I have a bunch of big bills in my wallet. I don't want to break it to buy something incidental. It's just that one extra bit of pause that keeps me from buying just, you know, the dumbest thing I don't need. I don't need that key chain. I'm fine. I got enough stuff, so I don't. I don't need to buy that tchotchke when I'm when I'm checking out. I just buy the stuff that I want, because I don't want to break that big bill that Ulysses S Grant bill. How do your kids feel about about cold, hard cash? Oh, they like it. I mean, they we are, we're pretty neither my wife nor I are Luddites, meaning we, we embrace technology, but we keep our kids away from screens as much as possible. So they are, they're most of their experiences with cold, hard cash. All right, folks in your car, at home, wherever you are, I love for you to answer this. You can either contact me, John, attach com or answer in your head, if you'd like. I'd like to get gib's opinion too. We now know, according to Pew Research, 12% of people still have their best friend from elementary school. That's low. That's pretty low. I mean, look, I am really close to the guys that I went I know it's great. And you have, and you have these, these text groups, right? Yes, we have multiple group chats, different permutations. We're talking all the time. It's very enjoyable. And one of my best friends to this day is my friend Eli. And we were best friends in kindergarten. We were still friends today, so great. And we check it. You know, you check in with these people for they are witnesses to your whole life. They know you in a way that very few other people have a chance to know you. I love this. I hope some people don't feel comfortable with that, though, right? Well, they don't want that person around, sure, but I like it. I like to I like to have somebody know where I've come from. I absolutely respect people who may not want to relive their past. That's me. Here's another one of those studies, Gib from the workplace files. It turns out having a lousy job is better for your mental health and having no job at all. What do you think look a lousy job? We've talked about this multiple from multiple different angles. It's really damaging to your mental health in the long term. It is, it is chronic stress. There are all kinds of downsides to having a lousy job. However, having any sense of purpose, somewhere to go every single day is hugely beneficial to the point where, even if you retire from a lousy job, those first few years after retirement are the most likely period in which you are going to die. So you have to find a sense of purpose outside of work if you want to quit your lousy job, otherwise, any sense of purpose is going to be even a bad one. That's what I take away from that step. Yeah, I agree with you, all right, folks at home, and I think Gib already knows this, but I need to, I need to admit to you that a day doesn't go by when I don't think about milkshakes. And so, what are your milkshakes bring to the yard? It's so this one is, this study is from Yale University, and they found that just looking at a milkshake will activate the same brain region that lights up when an addict sees cocaine, wow, I need to lay down. It helps explain why it can be so hard for some people to maintain a healthy weight. Big study, and that's what they came up with. Look, you ever have a friend who's got a nut allergy, they'll tell you about their nut allergy and avoid nuts all the time. You got a friend who's allergic to asparagus, don't worry, no asparagus on the table. But you have a friend who's lactose intolerant, and they're ordering cheese and dairy all over the place. It's because they're addicted. And so that milkshake sounds pretty good, even if you're lactose intolerant, that's all you need to know. The hardest thing about a milkshake, especially if you're going to Shake Shack, is I just can't, I can't slow down. Oh no, that thing, I mean, I think I've almost, like, like, sucked myself inside out with the straw trying to get through that. I really thought I was had damaged my lungs, or whatever it is. It's the greatest dessert, though, whether you damage your lungs or not, it's worth it. Here we go, folks, this is this piece is entitled, one of the worst food offenses. I'm John Tesh, with Gib Gerard. 5000 people, including Gib, were pulled and here are the worst food related sins. First, eating ice cream out of a cone with a spoon. Why do it? Why do it? Otherwise? Get the cup. Yeah, if you're not game for the what the what the cone means, then get the cup. Yeah. I agree with this one. I don't agree with the next one as a food offense. Using utensils to eat a pizza, I need to get the pizza in my mouth as soon as possible. And so if I cut it up and wave it around a little bit, just a piece, I can get it in my mouth sooner. You know? I know that you're not we're not native born to New York City. You grow up on Long Island, but you spend a good portion of your career living in New York. They will not allow you to walk the streets. If you say that pizza is a is a food, you fold the pizza and you eat the pizza while you're walking or while you're standing. You can't do that with a knife and fork. If you want to eat with a knife and fork, choose a different item. It now I have the fork in my pocket. The next food offense is ordering a steak. Well done. I agree. Get a cheeseburger. Yeah, don't get a steak. And then the worst food offense is putting ketchup on pasta. Don't let an Italian see, do that. Yeah, I think you'd go to jail for that. There in our family you will absolutely there are laws people. Gib, I need to get your opinion on this, because it I'm just going to state the fact here, but there's no there's no reasoning from the folks that do the Gallup poll, they found recently that 47% of college students are saying they've thought about changing their major due to AI. Why do you think that is, I mean, I think jobs are certain sectors that used to be really important parts of our economy. Pillars are disappearing very quickly because of a so entry level programmers are going, that's one area where there, where there is not a lot of hiring going on. And so I think a lot of people like, well, maybe computers, while they may be the future, I don't know that I have a role there anymore. And I think there's another element, which is when you go to college, now more than ever, it's really about learning how to think and how to discern. And so you want to find a major that's not necessarily about learning how to do something. Instead, it's about learning how to think and to think more humanely than what how a computer can think. Therefore, I bet you're gonna see a lot more people switching over to like philosophy and humanities majors, where they have to learn how to think as opposed to what to do. I think that's a good explanation for sure. So 35 years ago, I walked into a gym in Palm Springs, and your mom was there, and we were both single, and as I was getting ready to walk out, she called out my name and said, Oh, John, touch. Is that you? And I whipped around and said, Oh, Connie, Celica, I didn't see you sitting there. She said. She basically said, you're an idiot. There's nobody else in the gym. It's just the two of us. But anyway, I have to chalk that up to she hit on me. Yes, yeah. I mean, the rest of the story is embarrassing for me, because whatever you need to tell yourself, but yes, anyway, we now know from a recent study that guys are more likely to be hit on at a gym by women if the guy is wearing a hoodie. I mean, I wear a hoodie every day. Why would that be? I think there's a certain like brooding, dark mystery about having the hoodie on. But for me, like, you just robbed a bank. Yes, I think there is like, Oh, it's a bad boy. And you know, you're sweaty, whatever. For me, the hoodie is a Do Not Disturb sign. I put the, I put the hood up. It gives me blinders, so that I'm just focused on what I'm doing. And I hope that nobody even bothers to, don't even ask if you can work in. Just leave me alone. That's what the hoodie means to me. I can't imagine, I can't imagine somebody going up all I see you have the hoodie and the headphones and a scowl on your face. Can I buy you dinner sometime? I just don't look good in a hoodie. I used to wear them a little bit. You know, I saw myself in a mirror once, I look like a horse with blinders on that just lost a race. You have, it's just, I have a horse head. You have, we'll call it. You have unique proportions. They have worked well for you at times in your career, but they prevent you from wearing a hood. If you see somebody in a hoodie, is not me. There you go. So don't hit on me. Noted, thanks. That's it for the show today. Thank you guys so much for listening. 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