I am an 83-year-old writer, long-distance walker, former technology entrepreneur and daily user of artificial intelligence systems.

I have lived through almost the entire modern technological revolution.

Over the decades I have seen: punched cards; room-sized computers; cassette data storage; early word processors; dial-up internet; mobile phones; GPS; smartphones; cloud computing.

And now artificial intelligence.

Because of this, I understand both sides of the technology experience:
the excitement of innovation and the exhaustion that constant change can create.

I also understand something else: many older adults are far more capable of understanding modern technology than they believe.

Much of the difficulty comes not from lack of intelligence but from the way technology is explained. Too often it is presented in technical language by people who have never experienced what it feels like to encounter these ideas later in life.

My own background combines technology, business, writing and personal exploration.

One of my major writing projects examines the relationship between AI and mental health, including both the promise and the risks of increasingly human-like systems.

I am deeply interested not only in what AI can do, but in how it changes people: how they think, communicate, work, learn and relate to one another.

After the death of my wife Jackie in 2025, technology and writing became even more important parts of my daily structure and intellectual life. AI, in particular, became something I used not only for practical tasks but also for learning, reflection and creative exploration.

That experience shaped my belief that older adults should not be excluded from the AI era.

In many ways, this project is less about technology than about agency.

People should not feel pushed aside simply because the world has changed.

Curiosity, adaptability and creativity do not disappear with age.