Today was a very slow Day - the weather was cold & wet, and my knees ached ... so, all I basically did was make a supper salad; I prepared the eggs, meat, & cheese before morning coffee, and refrigerated it until supper time:
Boiling 3 eggs for my supper salad; & preparing the meats & cheeses for my supper salad. Packaged Pastrami (2 pkg's) & 5 slices of Ham luncheon meat, were sliced with scissors - placed in a bowl & wrapped; 2 c. cooked Turkey cubes were thawed out - wicked with paper towels when thawed; a chunk of Cheddar & 3 Mozzarella Cheese Sticks were grated with an upright vegetable grater - placed in a bowl & wrapped. The boiled eggs were also placed in a bowl & refrigerated until suppertime.
Then, I sipped my coffee ☕️ while I reread an article that showed up in my newsfeed last night.
It is really NOT okay!!!
And it is selfishly disrespectful to the person who has passed.
An AI Version of Your Person? The article is posted below ⬇️
It actually freaked me out, truth be told 😳
And kinda borders on insanity 😵💫 - a widowing person's person is d.e.a.d.: there's no more conversations with them! A widowing person needs to heal … staying focused on things better left alone, does not help with the healing process. WTH are these [therapists] thinking in allowing these unhinged widowing people to go down this rabbit trail???
When my 1st husband, Bob, passed from this life to the next, in 2018 - I grieved. Hard; for 4 years. But I didn't lose my mind! I knew he was gone & never coming back: I would never see him again. I would never hear him, again. To attempt to do so, was taboo; from a spiritual understanding, it is forbidden. From a wellness understanding, it is not at all helpful to stay stuck in grieving.
What helps with grief is understanding that you bury the dead & get on with living: that part of your Life has ended, and you have to start rebuilding a new life.
Getting caught up in an unhealthy & totally delusional fantasy is not helpful.
This is full-on spiritism.
This is conversing with demonic forces! 👹
This fantasy is disrespectful to the person who passed from this life to the next - their spirit has the right to be left alone; in peace.
The grieving widowing person has a right to real help; not to become a scientific project for an unscrupulous money-grabbing [therapist].
Elon was right is stating that this thing "will take on a life of it's own & eventually be uncontrollable."
Encouraging this type of hype is sick:
{{An AI Version of Your Person? An AI Business for grieving people: they will create a personalized program where AI takes tons of data about someone who has passed – their email, voicemail, text messages, additional info that showed their personalities, desires, tendencies in what decisions they would make in various scenarios. etc. The program takes this info, and creates an AI “video” of the person, so that you can talk with their loved one as if you are talking on Zoom 🗣️ You can have a full on conversation, because the AI program has taken the personality of the person, and will predict what their responses, thoughts, etc. will be in your conversation. The program was created for therapists working with grievers to help them through the grief process, and is done under supervision and guidance of a therapist.}}
Just as I was finishing my morning coffee, it got a little noisy here … snow didn't make a showing, as anticipated when I went to bed last night - but, it's frosty cousin, hail, did arrive. In full force:
Hail broke loose around 11.30 noon; Toutle River RV Park-WA
That went on for about 20 minutes, while I read an article that popped on on my newsfeed as the hail pelted Independence - and just like the previous AI mention, this one doesn't bode well either, for those affected by the Imagery fantasy 💻
I've already been wondering how much of what I see online, is actual human beings - some things just seem to be {off} at times, like a malfunction glitch 🧐🤔
None of this is okay.
{{Mark Zuckerberg is building an AI clone of himself to talk to staff. Why the Meta move raises uncomfortable questions about the future of work
~Story by Chris Clark
"Mr. Zuckerberg's AI clone will see you now."
It may sound like something from a Silicon Valley satire, but could be a preview of the workplace to come.
The Financial Times reports (1) that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is overseeing creation of a 3D animated avatar of himself — with artificial intelligence trained on his voice, mannerisms and thinking.
The project team is feeding Zuckerberg's public statements and strategic views to his AI counterpart so employees will feel like they're interacting with him directly.
It's a novel approach to employee communications and feedback. But behind the novelty is something more consequential.
If companies can replicate leadership digitally, they can also rethink how work gets done and who gets paid to do it.
Your boss might not be human anymore
Meta isn't alone. Companies like OpenAI and Google are investing heavily in AI systems that can mimic human communication and decision-making. What feels experimental today could become standard operating procedure faster than many workers expect.
If the experiment works, employees may not need face time with leaders or managers to get direction or input. Instead, they could turn to a digital stand-in that's always available, never tired and capable of responding instantly.
That kind of access sounds like a productivity win while charting an interesting new course for the nature of workplace relationships.
Conversations that once involved nuance, mentorship or context may increasingly be handled by systems optimized for speed and consistency. The human element doesn't disappear, but it could become less central.
Efficiency gains, or job cuts?
The bigger issue isn't whether AI versions of executives will exist. It's how companies will use them.
When companies figure out how to do more with fewer people, they eventually do.
Tasks like routine communication, administrative coordination and even some decision support are increasingly being handled by AI systems. As those systems improve, the number of roles required to support those functions could shrink.
A recent report from Digital Future at Tufts University found about 6% of the U.S. workforce is vulnerable to job cuts (2) thanks to AI, and many estimates say that number is far higher among certain roles.
The study said higher risks exist for workers in information, finance and technical services roles, among others.
What this means for your money
This shift matters because your income is tied to the market value of your work, and AI is redefining that value in real time. Routine, repeatable work is far more exposed, because it's easier to automate and scale
In contrast, AI still struggles to fully replace human input in roles relying on judgment, creativity and complex problem-solving. That includes jobs in health care and skilled trades, which are considered to be among the most AI-proof occupations (3)
"We have a large retirement cliff happening," Ian Andrews, vice president of labor relations at the National Electrical Contractors Association, told CNBC (3).
"On the union side, we are losing about 20,000 electricians a year, and we have 80,000 openings. The demand for skilled labor is at an all-time high."
Professional workers don't need to become engineers to stay competitive, but they do need to get proactive.
If you're in a professional role, start by learning how to use AI tools in your current role, whether that's automating reports, drafting content or analyzing data – so you're driving efficiency, not being replaced by it.
Meta has already been encouraging employees to adopt internal AI tools to streamline work and automate routine tasks. Workers are being asked to build their own "agents" and integrate automation into daily workflows.
Next, double down on skills AI struggles with, like critical thinking, relationship-building and decision-making under uncertainty.
Finally, treat adaptability like a core skill: stay current on new tools, experiment often and be willing to evolve your role.
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Financial Times (1); Digital Planet at Tufts University (2); CNBC (3)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/mark-zuckerberg-is-building-an-ai-clone-of-himself-to-talk-to-staff-why-the-meta-move-raises-uncomfortable-questions-about-the-future-of-work/ar-AA20Wrg0?ocid=BingNewsSerp}}
After all that fantastical BS, I turned my laptop off.
I tore a head lettuce into a large bowl; sliced 1 red onion & 2 tomatoes. Then I added the refrigerated items I had prepared, in the morning hours. The salad came together quickly - and it was good enough to warrant a repeat 🥗😊
Val's Luncheon Meat Chef's Salad.
I wound the evening down, by immersing myself in a good read & a warming cup of cocoa. In bed. Under the heated blanket - where the chilling 38-degrees was respectfully ignored 😉
Fancy cocoa for a stormy night indulgence.
A toasty warm bed & an enjoyable read.
