People usually relax, watch movies, or use their phones on airplanes, but one 77-year-old man decided to use the flight time to develop a business plan. Notably, he was assisted by ChatGPT in this process.
The passenger sitting next to a technical specialist turned out to be a 77-year-old man who planned to start a vertical farming business. He worked on business ideas using ChatGPT on his phone.
This incident was published by the user Teknosaur on the social network X, who also posted photos of the elderly passenger on the plane. According to his post, this man had been working on his vertical farming business idea with ChatGPT even before the plane took off.
However, what attracted the most attention was not the technological aspect itself, but the manner in which this man communicated with ChatGPT. During the conversation, he addressed the AI with great respect, calling it 'sir.' This demonstrates that even at an advanced age, he is mastering new technologies while maintaining the politeness associated with human interaction.
After publishing this post on social media, he received a wide response. Many users jokingly suggested that if AI or machines were to oppose humans in the future, this elderly man would be safe because he always spoke to ChatGPT using words like 'please' and 'thank you.' Some also joked that future 'rulers' of AI would surely remember those who always treated them courteously.
Many users noted another positive aspect of this story, calling it a sweet example of changing technologies across different generations. If children used to constantly ask questions to their parents, now the same curiosity is shown towards AI. The only difference is that the answers are now provided not by a person, but by ChatGPT.
Searching for a new business idea, such as vertical farming, at the age of 77 and using AI assistance for it shows that there is no age limit for learning and applying new technologies. Vertical farming is a method of growing crops where plants are grown on several levels or tiers vertically instead of spreading across the ground. Perhaps the most interesting detail of this story is not the business idea itself, but the small word—'sir.'