You've heard it plenty of times — AI is going to transform medicine, cure cancer, change everything. And then you open the health section of your favorite newspaper and... nothing. No AI. Just doctors, researchers, and breakthroughs. So which is it? In this episode of aiGED, Ginny makes the case that the AI revolution in medicine isn't coming. It's already here — you just need to know where to look.

Using two recent New York Times stories as her guide — one about predicting lung cancer five years before diagnosis, another about editing human embryo DNA with unprecedented precision — Ginny shows exactly how AI is powering the most exciting medical advances of our time without ever getting the headline. Along the way, she explains what "machine learning" actually means when it shows up buried in a scientific article, and why the generation that watched computers quietly change everything is perfectly positioned to recognize this pattern.

Also in this episode: two exercises from a neuroscientist you've probably never tried (one involves smelling things), and a 72-year-old who is still running experiments on his own life and finally found five habits that stuck — not because they required discipline, but because they didn't. In AI for Good, two AI tools are predicting hunger crises and child malnutrition before they happen, from 95 countries down to individual villages. And Ginny's recommendation comes straight from her farmers market haul — including a mouse situation she handled with a quick photo and a question to Claude.

If you've been waiting for AI to show up in the medical news you read every week — it already has. Tune in and you'll never miss it again. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

SHOW LINKS:

📰 "I'm a Neuroscientist..." — The Medium (subscription required: $5/mo or $50/yr)

https://medium.com/in-fitness-and-in-health/im-a-neuroscientist-i-do-these-3-overlooked-exercises-daily-to-age-better-6d930fe7f0f7

📰 "I'm 72 and Still Running Experiments..." — The Medium (subscription required: $5/mo or $50/yr)

https://medium.com/illumination-retirement-aging-legacy/im-72-and-still-running-experiments-on-my-own-life-2555638cdf7b

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Welcome Back Bitsy

01:43 AI News Aging Exercises

03:52 Smell Memory Link

04:28 Life Experiments at 72

06:14 AI for Good Spotlight

07:50 Breakthroughs Hiding Plain Sight

09:06 New York Times AI Footnotes

12:16 AI in the Exam Room

16:17 Farmers Market AI Tips

17:47 Listener Question AI Power

19:11 Homework and Wrap Up

aiGED: AI for the 65+ crowd

AI and jobs. It’s the conversation nobody wanted to have — and now everybody is having. In this episode of aiGED, host Ginny Deerin digs into what’s really happening to the job market: the layoffs, the industries being transformed, and the jobs we thought were safe that aren’t. From Wall Street banks shedding 15,000 employees while posting record profits, to a French factory that just made electricians optional, the examples are real and they’re everywhere.

But there’s a hopeful side to this story too. Stanford economist Erik Brynjolfsson argues that companies using AI to make workers more productive — rather than just replacing them — actually get bigger gains. We look at a real company doing exactly that, and what it means for the rest of us. Plus: a line that stopped Ginny cold — “You may not be interested in AI, but AI is interested in you.”

Also in this episode: Pope Leo XIV weighs in on AI and human dignity in his first encyclical. A delightful piece on how to be old (and grab the chicken leg). Two AI for Good stories — one about a potential one-shot cholesterol treatment, and one about blind riders experiencing independence through Waymo. And Ginny’s recommendation: put down the screen and get crafty.

It’s never too late to learn something new — especially something that might make life easier, and especially more fun.

SHOW LINKS:

NYT: Main Takeaways From Pope Leo’s Encyclical on A.I. — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/us/pope-leo-encyclical-highlights.html

NYT: How to Be Old — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/opinion/aging-advice.html

NYT: A.I. Doesn’t Have to Mean Layoffs — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/business/economy/ai-jobs-productivity.html

Chapters

00:00 Welcome Back From Italy

01:07 AI Commencement Surprise

02:31 Pope On AI And Dignity

05:21 How To Be Old

06:46 AI For Good Highlights

08:46 Jobs Reality Check

09:55 Banking Job Cuts

11:56 Beyond Banks And Hiring Freeze

13:39 Trades Aren't Immune

15:08 Hopeful Path Forward

18:44 Chief Question Officer Future

21:41 Get Crafty Recommendation

23:08 New Bitsy And Signoff

aiGED: AI for the 65+ crowd

aiGED: AI for the 65+ crowd