29. AI doesn’t ask your age — only whether your mind is open (2026-10-24)
Today I taught my dad to use Doubao. Two things: log in on the phone, and you can also log in on the web on the computer — both sides sync; uploading files is easier on the computer. I taught him to get Doubao to chart his heart rate and blood pressure. I had him talk with Doubao, and let Doubao help him think through how to write his memoir.
The point isn’t how many features it has, it’s how low the bar is: if you can talk, you can use it. Older people don’t need to learn typing or learn operations — the material accumulates as they chat. Voice is the most natural bridge between the elderly and AI — technology kept them outside the door for decades, and now the door is open.
The memoir itself changes too: it used to be “want to write but can’t”; now it’s “talk it out.” AI helps him organize scattered memories into structure; the human just tells and decides. What comes out of chatting should be exported and archived regularly — don’t leave it only in the app’s memory. Memory in your own hands is truly your own.
The close: AI is changing life for people of every generation, and the condition isn’t youth or technical skill — it’s an open mind toward AI. With an open mind, you can put AI to work at any age; without one, no matter how young you are, you’ll only treat it as a toy.