Tag: artificial intelligence

• Mama:The Iceman’s Here

  A reflection on a century of technological progress, from East Boston’s close-knit neighborhoods to today’s digital isolation, asking what we may have lost along the way.

  RMDell’Orfano

  August 7, 2026

  Autobio

  aging, artificial intelligence, community, digital isolation, East Boston, elders, family memories, human connection, human dignity, iceman, Loneliness, milkman, modern society, neighborhood life, nostalgia, postman, progress, technology, Tower of Babel

• Beyond AI: The Real Challenge

  An engineer reflects on WPI in the 1960s, the rise of artificial intelligence, and why lived experience—not information alone—remains the true path to wisdom.

  RMDell’Orfano

  July 3, 2026

  Autobio

  ai, artificial intelligence, Christian life, college life, critical thinking, education reform, engineering, engineering education, experience, experiential learning, Faith and Reason, higher education, learning, lifelong learning, machine shop, memoir, perseverance, personal growth, pilgrimage, practical wisdom, qualifying project, Scripture, slide rule, smartphones, STEM, technology, vocational education, Wisdom, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, WPI