The user, who is a tech worker, revealed that when he was sitting next to the elderly man, he noticed the senior was deeply focused on his phone and was using an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot regarding a business plan for a vertical farming startup. The two ended up chatting for the rest of the flight and quickly hit it off. A social media user shared a sweet incident involving a 77-year-old man during a flight.
In his post, the user who goes by @theteknosaur shared pictures of the elderly man, who was completely “locked in” on his project.
Social media users praised the elderly person and said that it is inspiring to see a senior person embracing new technology with curiosity.
What caught the tech worker’s attention wasn’t just the man’s dedication, but his polite etiquette. “We yapped the whole flight, now we’re besties. This man is more locked in than all of us.”
“77-year-old grandpa on my flight was cooking up a vertical farming business plan w/ ChatGPT until takeoff.
Instead of giving basic commands, the elderly was addressing the AI chatbot as “sir”. And he calls the AI “sir”… the respect!!” the user wrote.
