WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:05.559 Okay, Remia and Sofia are in the studio, hi, and 2 00:00:05.559 --> 00:00:07.839 this is their theme song. So I guess it's gonna 3 00:00:07.879 --> 00:00:09.720 be the best day of all of our lives. Thank 4 00:00:09.759 --> 00:00:13.039 you guys for blessing us with uh with this song. 5 00:00:14.599 --> 00:00:23.760 Sophia and and Remia are both students graduating, graduating, graduated. 6 00:00:23.879 --> 00:00:24.879 I'm I'm forgetting it. 7 00:00:26.719 --> 00:00:29.399 I'm sorry, we're graduated goal ties of twenty six. 8 00:00:29.679 --> 00:00:34.320 Yes, okay, so I was wrong. You're not Generation Alpha, 9 00:00:34.439 --> 00:00:38.119 your generation Z. Yeah, they don't want to hear that. 10 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:43.359 So I'm you know, I'm having I'm having struggle here 11 00:00:43.640 --> 00:00:47.039 getting more information. So I know that you guys one 12 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:50.000 is a valedictorian and one is a salutarian. 13 00:00:50.119 --> 00:00:53.200 Right, No, I'm a salutatorian, salutatory. 14 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:55.119 I was head of school award recipient. 15 00:00:55.240 --> 00:00:59.399 Okay, let me get the accolades straight, all right. So, 16 00:00:59.479 --> 00:01:02.840 and you guys just graduated really near the top of 17 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:06.680 your class. So congratulations to you. Yeah, I mean, I 18 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:09.120 think you know, we we don't have a lot of 19 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:11.879 gen Z that listened to KBLA talk fifteen to eighty. 20 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:16.000 We're hoping to get more. But I think that sometimes 21 00:01:16.079 --> 00:01:19.840 the millennials and the gen xers and the boomers can 22 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:26.120 can stereotype you guys a little bit. Maybe a little 23 00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:26.680 bit little bit. 24 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:29.640 I hear the like Gen Z is a lot lazier 25 00:01:29.760 --> 00:01:32.000 because we have our phones, like we just rely online. 26 00:01:32.079 --> 00:01:34.599 But I really feel like using the technologies really helpless 27 00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:38.280 cultivate better skills versus like using it to supplement those skills, 28 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:38.799 You know what I mean? 29 00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:43.000 Yeah? Absolutely, And honestly, I've been on the radio a 30 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:46.680 long time and I feel like every generation we say 31 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:50.480 they're lazy, Like every general, the next generation, you know 32 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:53.439 Gen X we were, you know, was lazy, and now 33 00:01:53.560 --> 00:01:56.439 then we said the millennials were lazy. Now it's like 34 00:01:56.519 --> 00:02:01.200 every generation is not motivated. I feel like adults get older, 35 00:02:01.239 --> 00:02:04.480 adults get what I call selective amnesia and forget what 36 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:07.719 they were doing when they were your age. That said, 37 00:02:07.760 --> 00:02:13.360 I really appreciate you being here and sharing your perspective 38 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:17.400 on various different topics. I mean, I congratulate you guys 39 00:02:17.439 --> 00:02:24.240 both on your graduation big plans. So feel where are 40 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:24.639 you going? 41 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:28.000 I will be attending UC Davis this fall. I'm going 42 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:29.400 to be majoring in sociology. 43 00:02:29.759 --> 00:02:33.520 Wow, okay, awesome, And where will you be going with. 44 00:02:33.599 --> 00:02:35.560 Mea, I'll be going to UC Berkeley and I'll be 45 00:02:35.599 --> 00:02:37.560 majoring in electrical and computer engineering. 46 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:46.159 What so really lazy? 47 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:47.400 This is just for showing. 48 00:02:50.120 --> 00:02:55.439 So. And you graduated from Saint Mary's Academy Go Bells, 49 00:02:56.400 --> 00:02:58.280 which a lot of people you know may be not 50 00:02:58.400 --> 00:03:00.639 familiar with. Tell me a little bit. You guys have 51 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:04.319 a lot of school spirit obviously. Oh yeah, tell me, Sophia, 52 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:06.319 tell me a little bit about why you have so 53 00:03:06.479 --> 00:03:07.960 much enthusiasm. 54 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:11.400 I think in terms of enthusiasm for Saint Mary's as well, 55 00:03:11.439 --> 00:03:15.159 it's because they also have enthusiasm for you. So it's 56 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:18.080 reciprocated in that. And I think as you move forward 57 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:21.800 and you go from underclassmen to upperclassmen, you feel a 58 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:23.960 lot of that love, and so you want to give 59 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:26.360 it back. And so I think that because Saint Mary's 60 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:28.039 was good to me as well as to both of us, 61 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:33.080 I think it's only it's only good for me to 62 00:03:33.080 --> 00:03:35.680 give it back to them and to also talk good 63 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:38.439 about the school, because they really deserve it. And so 64 00:03:38.560 --> 00:03:41.759 when you when you're around girls from SMA, you're like, 65 00:03:41.759 --> 00:03:44.240 oh yeah, you can feel the energy, you can feel 66 00:03:44.360 --> 00:03:47.919 their brightness and their enthusiasticness. And I think it's so 67 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:50.960 important to also carry that with you. So I think 68 00:03:50.960 --> 00:03:53.280 that's why I get so excited talking about sam mauries 69 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:56.439 because I'm like, oh, yeah, you walk in, someone's singing, dancing. 70 00:03:56.560 --> 00:03:58.560 It's super energetic, and I love that. 71 00:03:58.520 --> 00:03:59.639 About it absolutely. 72 00:03:59.639 --> 00:04:02.039 I feel like, especially like once you go for the 73 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:04.240 first time, I remember being nervous, like as a freshman, 74 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:07.400 like as you should be, but like junior seniors, like 75 00:04:07.479 --> 00:04:11.520 upperclassmen coming up to us going like hey guys, hey, 76 00:04:11.719 --> 00:04:14.120 everyone's so excited, like literally, people singing all the time 77 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:16.800 in the pavilion, and when you leave the school wearing 78 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:18.439 your thaie color like we're gold tie is the best 79 00:04:18.480 --> 00:04:21.759 color obviously, but when you leave the school and people 80 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:23.079 will come up to you like, hey, I was an 81 00:04:23.079 --> 00:04:25.639 alumni of SMA, Yeah, this was my Thai color. We're 82 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:27.399 the best taig color. Even though if it wasn't gold, 83 00:04:27.399 --> 00:04:28.000 that's not true. 84 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:30.600 Yeah. 85 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:34.120 Well, I love that the school spirit and the enthusiasm 86 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:37.319 because there's an intentionality about that, right. It's not just 87 00:04:37.439 --> 00:04:40.040 we show up and we see what happens. It sounds 88 00:04:40.079 --> 00:04:43.319 like you show up and you set the intention to 89 00:04:43.439 --> 00:04:46.040 be vibrant and be to be. 90 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:49.199 Light exactly yes. And also when you're just walking down 91 00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:51.639 the street and someone sees your uniform and they're like, oh, 92 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:53.920 go gold, or they'll say, oh, I was a green tign. 93 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:56.959 That's so like insane to me because just by a 94 00:04:57.000 --> 00:04:59.040 thie color, just by what you're wearing, you're already so 95 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:01.800 connected and there's so much history and lord to it. 96 00:05:02.079 --> 00:05:03.720 So I think it's really cool to see. 97 00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:05.920 Usually you only hear of that like in the university 98 00:05:05.920 --> 00:05:08.720 space or a college. Yeah, get so patriotic or like 99 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:11.240 like riled up by their school, but not to have 100 00:05:11.319 --> 00:05:13.480 that as a high school or it feels so like empowering, 101 00:05:13.519 --> 00:05:15.360 like no matter where I go, like I'm a goal time, 102 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:17.319 I'm about like we're all together. 103 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:21.040 So it's really cool, and I'm sure it's really refreshing 104 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:25.600 for our KBLA delegation because again back to the stereotype, 105 00:05:25.639 --> 00:05:28.480 some of which we will break down today because why not, 106 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:33.800 it's Friday. It's that young people are like, oh, we 107 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:36.519 don't care about anything, we don't care about school, We 108 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:40.920 hate adults, we hate people, we hate education. Sophia laughs. 109 00:05:41.040 --> 00:05:43.600 I know because I have to disagree. Yeah, if you 110 00:05:43.639 --> 00:05:47.519 won't get to say married, it's completely different. Atmosphere. 111 00:05:47.959 --> 00:05:51.240 Yeah, and so I mean obviously you said they give 112 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:53.680 love to you, they care about you, so that's part 113 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:59.040 of it. But also some of the malaise that we 114 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:03.920 do experience from teenagers is you know, developmental hormonal. I mean, 115 00:06:04.199 --> 00:06:05.959 you guys are dealing with a lot, right, I mean 116 00:06:06.519 --> 00:06:10.120 you're growing into a whole adult human, so I think 117 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:13.879 you know some of it, some of it is baked 118 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:16.959 into that cake. So what is it that you guys 119 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:20.920 do yourselves personally? We can start with you, Rema, to 120 00:06:21.079 --> 00:06:26.360 keep that spirit of enthusiasm and joy and engagement I know. 121 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:28.279 For I mean personally, I think it's just having hope. 122 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:30.680 Like I know that if I work hard now, like 123 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:33.240 when I in the future, it's gonna like benefit me. 124 00:06:33.319 --> 00:06:34.879 Like you kind of you put the hard work now, 125 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:36.839 and you, I mean you have fun too, Like that's 126 00:06:36.879 --> 00:06:39.199 why you try and go out with friends, like you 127 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:40.879 do the little things that make you happy. I know 128 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:42.560 me personally, I love art, even though I'm going to 129 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:44.680 do engineering. I love to paint on my own time. 130 00:06:44.720 --> 00:06:46.720 I like to make crafts for my friends. I like 131 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:49.160 to skateboard with my neighbors. Like there's little things I 132 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:51.959 do to keep me motivated, like having little breaks throughout 133 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:53.759 my hard work, all the like the things we do, 134 00:06:53.800 --> 00:06:56.439 all the accolades we receive. But I think what really 135 00:06:56.480 --> 00:06:58.519 helps is having that hope and knowing that, like I'm 136 00:06:58.519 --> 00:07:01.000 going to work hard now I'm having fun with what 137 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:03.279 I'm doing and in the future it's really gonna help 138 00:07:03.319 --> 00:07:06.319 benefit me in my career and building that generational wealth 139 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:07.279 and everything. 140 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:09.959 And how about you, Sophie, I mean, I know you 141 00:07:09.959 --> 00:07:13.319 don't become, you know, get all these accolades without working 142 00:07:13.399 --> 00:07:14.120 really hard too. 143 00:07:14.639 --> 00:07:16.560 Yeah. Well, I have to agree with Romeo over here 144 00:07:16.600 --> 00:07:19.759 because I think that while it's good to also focus 145 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:21.240 on your academics, you also have to take care of 146 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:25.360 yourself first before you can dedicate yourself to something so important. 147 00:07:25.439 --> 00:07:27.879 And so I play soccer on my free time. I 148 00:07:27.959 --> 00:07:30.800 dance for Glorrico, so that's also good for my mind 149 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:32.800 as well as my body. And then once I'm okay, 150 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:35.240 then I can get to work and start studying. And 151 00:07:35.279 --> 00:07:37.360 then once you're able to do that, then you know 152 00:07:37.399 --> 00:07:39.759 what you want for yourself. And so because I'm like, 153 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:41.519 you're applying to Colledron and like, but I want to 154 00:07:41.560 --> 00:07:44.560 see myself succeed because I see the girls around me 155 00:07:44.600 --> 00:07:46.600 do as well, as well as the women at our school, 156 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:48.800 so I just I want to achieve that as well. 157 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:52.600 And for those who didn't follow because you said it 158 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:57.399 kind of fast foo, I'm so sorry, no apology needed, 159 00:07:57.480 --> 00:07:59.639 but you know they might not be up on what 160 00:07:59.720 --> 00:08:03.319 floordigo is that that's you know, cultural dance, right, And 161 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:05.800 I see that you're part of La Casa Latina Club. 162 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:06.639 Yes, that's the club. 163 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:12.000 So clearly staying connected with your culture is part of 164 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:13.279 the formula for for sure. 165 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:16.560 Yes, I'm very Yes, I've been dancing since I was 166 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:19.399 six years old, I believe over ten years. And when 167 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:21.839 we got to SMA, actually there wasn't a club for 168 00:08:22.040 --> 00:08:25.319 Latinas and so one of the upper classmen created it 169 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:28.199 and I saw it as an opportunity to just involve 170 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:31.480 myself and continue this beautiful legacy that is our culture. 171 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:34.240 And so I would dance at performances and at our 172 00:08:34.279 --> 00:08:36.960 assemblies and it's just amazing to see how many people 173 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:38.799 really do care about what we have to say. 174 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:45.080 And REMI you're part of the Associated Student Body and 175 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:50.000 Student Leadership Council, a whole bunch of club, the Anime club, 176 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:53.759 but also the Black Student unions, so clearly that cultural 177 00:08:53.759 --> 00:08:55.240 connection is important for you too. 178 00:08:55.399 --> 00:08:56.000 Absolutely. 179 00:08:56.039 --> 00:08:57.679 I know I personally, I am a return in American. 180 00:08:57.720 --> 00:09:00.320 My parents are both immigrants from Maritra, and so for 181 00:09:00.399 --> 00:09:03.080 me personally, I remember trying to find that connection between 182 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:05.679 my African identity and the Black American identity was a 183 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:07.840 struggle for me, especially like coming in as a freshman 184 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:09.200 and I kind of felt like do I have a 185 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:09.759 place here? 186 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:10.919 But I think joining in. 187 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:13.919 I really saw how we empowered all types of African 188 00:09:13.960 --> 00:09:17.039 students at SMA, and so with that, I know, me 189 00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:19.679 and my sister and I believe there's three to four 190 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:22.679 other Reacheran girls and a few other Ethiopian girls as 191 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:25.080 well at SMA, and so we started doing a reacher 192 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:27.720 In Ethiopian dancing as well during the Black Student Union 193 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:30.039 assemblies every month or not every month every year? 194 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:33.240 Sorry, Oh so we could get to it every year. 195 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:36.840 Yet, yeah, absolutely, So. 196 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:38.360 I think I raided a point to try and connect 197 00:09:38.360 --> 00:09:39.840 with my culture in school, and I do it as 198 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:41.600 well out of school. I'm a part of SALA, so 199 00:09:41.639 --> 00:09:44.080 it's the School of a Reacheran Languages in Los Angeles 200 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:46.399 and it's a nonprofit organization. So I try and meet 201 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:48.440 with them at like maybe every Sunday when I'm not 202 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:50.720 too busy, and so I really love like being with 203 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:52.960 my community, being with my people, and I think it's 204 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:54.960 really empowered me to be more confident who I am. 205 00:09:55.679 --> 00:09:57.480 I don't know how you guys have time for all this. 206 00:09:57.559 --> 00:10:01.600 I'm at your resume. Make it me time. Sophia and 207 00:10:01.679 --> 00:10:05.600 Ramia are here and we are giving a a gen 208 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:10.720 Z view on some but also you know, recent graduates 209 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:15.120 headed off to college, your perspective on a few things, 210 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:17.240 and if you want to join in the conversation, eight 211 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:19.960 hundred and nine two oh fifteen eighty is the number 212 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:22.000 of course you can do what all these other folks 213 00:10:22.039 --> 00:10:25.279 are doing. Jump in the YouTube at KBLA fifteen eighty 214 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:29.240 on YouTube and put your comment or your question there. 215 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:32.519 I'm Dominique de Prima. Happy Friday from all of us 216 00:10:32.559 --> 00:10:35.840 at KBLA Talk fifteen eight. Yes, you're waking up with me, 217 00:10:36.080 --> 00:10:42.320 and you're waking up with Sofia and Ramia. Sofia, thank 218 00:10:42.360 --> 00:10:44.840 you guys for being in today. I want to talk 219 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:48.759 about a few things. Sofia Omelo and Ramia Techle Yes, 220 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:57.200 having yes indeed again getting it together here on the pronunciations. Okay, Ramia, 221 00:10:57.279 --> 00:10:58.639 Why why engineering? 222 00:10:59.279 --> 00:11:01.159 I think for me, I really grew up in a 223 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:03.879 space where I saw a lot of like building and 224 00:11:03.879 --> 00:11:07.039 like entrepreneurship, not that much in like the typical way 225 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:08.759 of that people owning business and stuff like that. Like 226 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:11.720 especially my parents first came in like first gen, and 227 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:13.679 so with us, I saw how my dad loved like 228 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:16.679 fixing and tinkering little computers, and like whenever my laptop 229 00:11:16.679 --> 00:11:18.480 broke or something, instead of buying a new one, he 230 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:20.000 would just sit up all day trying to learn how 231 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:21.720 to fix it, trying to learn how to fix the cabinets. 232 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:23.559 And I love just watching him do that. And I 233 00:11:23.559 --> 00:11:25.399 think with me, I'm someone who really loves art and 234 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:28.039 I love seeing that combination together. And so that came 235 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:30.240 with a lot of exploration throughout my childhood of like 236 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:33.600 seeing ways to combine art into engineering because it's something 237 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:35.399 I loved so much, and I learned that through coding, 238 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:39.080 through designing, through making so many innovations. I think it 239 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:42.879 especially like impressed me when I saw other Ritrians or 240 00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:45.240 black women in STEM and in engineering. And when I 241 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:47.080 saw them, I immediately was like I want to be 242 00:11:47.320 --> 00:11:48.799 like them, and I want to do what they do 243 00:11:49.039 --> 00:11:51.039 because it was just so impressive to me. So I 244 00:11:51.039 --> 00:11:52.039 think that really inspired me. 245 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:56.639 You have a certification AI Powered Woman, Human Centered AI Leadership, 246 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:00.960 so obviously you're not ing a fright No AI. 247 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:01.480 No, I'm not. 248 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:03.720 I really feel like I know AI is something that 249 00:12:03.759 --> 00:12:05.200 fears us a lot, and I think that's a really 250 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:07.320 big reason I want to get into engineering because I 251 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:09.879 feel like we can use these resources to help our 252 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:12.519 future generations. And I think the problem now is it's 253 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:15.399 very valid when people be are afraid of AI is 254 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:16.960 going to take over my job, AI is going to 255 00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:19.120 ruin my future. And I think that's something America's really 256 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:22.120 much cultivated in society. I think it's a horrible thing. 257 00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:24.559 And so I know, last summer I got the opportunity 258 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:27.200 to study abroad in Japan, and I saw how AI 259 00:12:27.279 --> 00:12:30.639 and robotics was used to really help every member of society. 260 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:33.320 I saw how like instead of people who were disabled 261 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:35.799 or people who were a part of the elderly, instead 262 00:12:35.799 --> 00:12:38.320 of them being afraid of AI taking the jobs that 263 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:40.399 they could have had, and instead worked with them. 264 00:12:40.440 --> 00:12:43.679 I saw how there were like let's say, cafes. 265 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:45.279 Where people were able to work from home and control 266 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:48.039 robots instead. So it gave them even more jobs instead 267 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:49.960 of leaving them at home to really do nothing and 268 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:53.799 not feel like a part of a growing, technologically advanced society. 269 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:57.200 And so it made everyone feel more helpful and more 270 00:12:57.240 --> 00:12:59.039 happy to be a part of it and to grow 271 00:12:59.080 --> 00:13:02.200 AI together. I feel like in America we're all really 272 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:04.039 afraid of it, and I think if we work together 273 00:13:04.279 --> 00:13:08.240 and got everyone involved, we diversified the people creating the technology, 274 00:13:08.840 --> 00:13:11.240 then it would be something that everyone enjoyed. It could 275 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:13.679 be something that benefited everyone instead of just the rich 276 00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:14.639 and the empowered. 277 00:13:15.200 --> 00:13:17.320 Yeah, it makes sense. I mean, we tend to weaponize 278 00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:21.600 pretty much everything in this country, so maybe in a 279 00:13:21.679 --> 00:13:27.759 different model, AI has a different implication. It sounds like. 280 00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:32.799 But you know the other thing that we hear a 281 00:13:32.799 --> 00:13:36.200 lot about AI, and I throw this to you, SOFIA 282 00:13:36.440 --> 00:13:40.240 is about the campus panic that we see at a 283 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:43.399 lot of universities. Maybe you guys were just at high school. 284 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:45.840 You haven't had to deal with this yet, but the 285 00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:47.919 professor is not being sure how to deal with it 286 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:49.639 and whether or not kids are using it to write 287 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:52.840 papers or take tests, and how to you know, how 288 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:55.399 to limit it and how to welcome it in. So 289 00:13:55.799 --> 00:13:58.240 I mean, since you're not in college yet, you might 290 00:13:58.279 --> 00:14:01.200 not have this experience. But maybe you want to pile 291 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:05.759 on to what Ramya said about AI your own thoughts 292 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:07.000 on AI your generation. 293 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:11.120 If I'm being completely honest, I am an AI. I 294 00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:14.159 don't like AI. Oh every time someone talks about like, no, 295 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:17.000 get jadg Gibt out of your use your brains, because 296 00:14:17.039 --> 00:14:20.360 I know that we're so capable of doing whatever it is. 297 00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:23.360 We can write a five page essay without having to 298 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:25.799 just ask, oh, give me a five pay say about 299 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:29.039 and so I think, oh my gosh, everything someone talks 300 00:14:29.039 --> 00:14:31.399 about it. But I think I've also seen that that 301 00:14:32.679 --> 00:14:37.080 teachers are so afraid of seeing their students you resort 302 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:40.039 to that instead of just asking a question. And if 303 00:14:40.120 --> 00:14:43.240 I saw this clip recently about a man in Texas 304 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:46.759 who started crying because his students couldn't put together a sentence, 305 00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:49.120 and I think that that has something to do with 306 00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:51.000 AI for sure, because when you don't know how to 307 00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:53.799 do something, it's I your fingertips. Immediately you don't know 308 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:55.440 what just something, look it up on the internet. And 309 00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:58.320 now there's this new installment that you can just it'll 310 00:14:58.360 --> 00:15:01.440 do whatever you want like it will you ask it 311 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:03.679 a question and it'll give it to you to perfection. 312 00:15:04.159 --> 00:15:06.720 And so I think when it comes to AI, it's 313 00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:10.360 so hard to use it as a balance, and I 314 00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:13.240 think that there's, uh, there is a balance between using 315 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:16.080 it but then also using it to your benefit and 316 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:18.679 using it to just abuse it and just do it 317 00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:23.200 for you. And I guess I would say that I 318 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:26.200 would prefer people not to use it because I think 319 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:28.480 that once you when you really sit down and you 320 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:30.080 you sit with your thoughts and you can see how 321 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:32.440 much you can do. I mean, obviously sometimes it's good 322 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:33.879 to get a little bit of help, but that's also 323 00:15:33.879 --> 00:15:35.720 why there are people around you and you can ask 324 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:38.600 for that help. So that's where I would say, you can, 325 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:41.000 if you ever resort to AI, come to me and 326 00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:43.279 I will I will tell you how how smart you 327 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:45.120 are and intelligent and how much you can do. So 328 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:48.039 if you ever need that help, I know because I 329 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:51.480 see people doing it. I tell my friends sometimes I'm like, 330 00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:52.200 don't do it. 331 00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:54.519 Every time she sees the tab open on my lap 332 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:56.399 of this turned that up. 333 00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:57.519 But I think it's actually like. 334 00:15:57.519 --> 00:16:00.039 Coming from an engineering perspective, I really understand like the 335 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:02.399 fear of like we don't want students to be supplementing 336 00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:04.080 their knowledge with just searching it up. 337 00:16:04.200 --> 00:16:05.799 But I really think it's just a learning curve. 338 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:07.519 Like I'm really like, I'm a big advocate for like 339 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:09.279 AI is gonna be something that helps us. It's gonna 340 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:10.919 be something that stays around, and so we should learn 341 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:13.000 how to work with it versus trying to remove it. 342 00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:14.799 And so I know, especially to say, the first time 343 00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:17.840 they brought laptops or phones into the school space, I'm 344 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:19.879 sure teachers were afraid, like, oh my god, now kids 345 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:20.960 are just gonna be googling. 346 00:16:20.679 --> 00:16:21.279 How to do something. 347 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:22.600 Now they're taking them out. 348 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:23.120 Yeah now. 349 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:26.120 And LUSC has really strict new policies. 350 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:27.639 I know, I see like the pockets where they put 351 00:16:27.639 --> 00:16:29.200 the phones in. I know it hasn't come to our school. 352 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:31.440 I feel like my neighbors like who have go to 353 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:33.799 LAUSC schools where they put their phones in these little pockets. 354 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:35.639 It locks it up, and I'm like, it's really interesting. 355 00:16:35.840 --> 00:16:37.879 But I feel like there should be ways to add 356 00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:40.600 this technology because in the real world, like if we 357 00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:43.279 stop teaching people how to use phones responsibly, how to 358 00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:46.279 use AI responsibly, how to do things responsibly, then they're 359 00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:49.159 gonna go into the real world finally having access to 360 00:16:49.200 --> 00:16:50.960 these things and abusing it and using it in the 361 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:51.480 wrong way. 362 00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:53.159 So I feel like when we teach people how. 363 00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:55.080 To be more AI literate, which is one of the 364 00:16:55.080 --> 00:16:56.559 things I had to learn about when getting my sort 365 00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:59.799 of certificate from the AI Powered Women's Organization, that a 366 00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:02.440 lot of students and adults aren't like AI literate. They're 367 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:05.240 not even like knowing how to use these technologies properly. 368 00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:06.880 But when we teach them how to do it, or 369 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:09.319 when we kind of learn them, like learn how to 370 00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:12.039 use these things responsibly and allowing you to grow your 371 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:14.319 own knowledge and using it all together, then I think 372 00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:17.680 we'll be able to grow more like responsible technology users. 373 00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:23.559 What I'm really enjoying right now, you guys are representing 374 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:27.160 Saint Mary's Academy Gold Thie class of twenty twenty six. 375 00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:30.680 I can see how you guys apparently broke a bunch 376 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:34.440 of records at your school. Thirty four point three million 377 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:38.720 dollars in college scholarships among the gold thigh classes. You 378 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:43.759 all did that, acceptances to all nine University of California campuses. 379 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:47.279 That's when you guys go, we did that we did 380 00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:52.960 that and twenty seven full tuition scholarship offers. Y'all did 381 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:56.000 that from one hundred and seventy eight different colleges and universities. 382 00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:58.279 I see all that, but I also see too on 383 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:03.279 very scholarly but also effervescent young women who appear to 384 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:04.240 also be friends. 385 00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:06.200 Oh yeah, way back. 386 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:10.960 It's actually funny because her sister and my sister are both, like, 387 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:12.599 you're younger than each other. So that was one of 388 00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:14.680 the things we first talked about, like building our friendship 389 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:17.319 is that this esme like love runs deep, like our 390 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:19.200 both of our families come here, like both of our 391 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:20.880 parents hop out the school a lot, and so I 392 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:23.079 think both of us are just very involved individuals. 393 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:24.319 We both are just fun people. 394 00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:26.039 So we like both of our sisters are red tie 395 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:30.160 shout out, Yeah are better, but yeah, they're also they're 396 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:32.039 in the same grade. But I think me and Romya, 397 00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:34.839 I think it was we had we had aps together. 398 00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:36.839 Yeah, very intent the trauma bonds. 399 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:40.359 But yeah, so when we would need help, I like 400 00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:42.000 I would go to Ramya and we would just chat 401 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:44.200