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Why is AI viewed as a worrisome technology change?

A search for 2026 and AI concerns is, uh, concerning.   It’s a bubble, it’s a risk, it’s an international safety issue, it’s a trust issue, it needs to be regulated by the government, and so on. And that is just this past month! But has the ship already sailed?  If 90% of Google tech workers use AI at work, 50% of AI agent usage is in software engineering, 90% of software developers use an AI coding assistant at least weekly.  

Baby Boomers and Personal Wellbeing Tech -- 2026 and beyond

Today's baby boomer is open to monitoring his or her own health. The population aged 62-80 are increasingly likely to own smartphones, smart watches, Wi-Fi in the home and other tech, such as hearables and chronic disease tracking tools. They may have hearing or vision limitations that could be assisted with new technology. They may have family members who are also interested in their wellbeing.  A large number them may be solo agers, divorced, widowed and living alone or a long distance from family.  The majority will remain in their own homes for as long as is feasible.

Technology caregiving – a sad user interface indictment

What was bad is worse – and the tech firms pay little attention. This Washington Post author advocates for the importance of technology caregiving -- helping aging parents with technology that is too difficult to navigate – like finding ‘Pay Bill’ button that moved or locating a discount coupon. Or forcing the elderly to use a QR code to read a concert program or study a restaurant menu. An airport Chili’s restaurant dropped paper menus a few years ago. Maybe they did it to save the planet. But many of the people who are in that airport are elderly – and they don’t know what’s for lunch until they train themselves to aim their cameras at the reprehensible and confusing QR code menu. Or they must plan ahead and read the online menu before they show up. Really?

Personal health tech – what will matter most for baby boomers?

Some baby boomers check their personal data on smart watches or their phones regularly. They track their activities, tolerate the reminders to stand, wishing to do better than they did last week or last month. Maybe they stand on an ever-smarter weight scale – or go off to the gym to work out in groups or alone.  Why?  Maybe they are women (unaddressed at CES 2026) who worry about bone loss, have a justifiable fear of falling, or have already fallen.  Why don’t more than 26.9 % of women do strength training, to build muscle around bone to protect themselves in the event of a fall?

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