Keep learning in an AI world
Despite what you might hear about ChatGPT being great at coding, it’s not. Even I, a novice coder, can tell you that. Over the past few months, I have been learning Cypher coding to create knowledge graphs in Neo4j. I…
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Gen AI Talk with Bishan residents
“Everyone should try subscribing to ChatGPT for a month. If you think it’s expensive, just don’t take Grab rides for a while.” (When asked if a young person should take Business Analytics or Cybersecurity) “I believe people need to learn…
Gen AI workshop with NTU Corp Comms Office
I love hanging out with fellow communicators! Yesterday afternoon, I conducted a Generative AI workshop for the Corporate Communications Office team from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and shared with them my different AI techniques for public relations, multimedia content creation…
Straits Times Gen AI Masterclass – Nov 2024
Great ideas, thoughtful questions, tasty food, and plenty of hands-on experimentation. Yesterday’s The Straits Times Generative AI Masterclass at Voco Hotel was a blast! We covered more content than ever before, thanks to the latest advancements in app capabilities. I…
Strengthen your brain with memorization
In the movie “The Book of Eli”, Denzel Washington played a blind man who preserved the only remaining copy of the Bible by memorizing and reciting the entire book. Several years ago, I also tried memorizing chapters of the Bible…
Photobashing the Galactic Rooster
If you’re struggling to get Generative AI to produce your desired image, here’s a method called “photobashing”. The most critical thing here is that you must have a clear idea of the visual in your mind. You should also know…
I’m on a street banner
My face has appeared on a street banner, like a politician or Singa The Lion. Truly, I have nothing left to achieve in life (for today). Anyway, I’m giving a free talk on how people can use Gen AI at…
My daily prompts
After two years of using ChatGPT, I describe prompts as simple spells that can unlock the doors we need to open. I write prompts of different lengths depending on the situation, but I use these few short prompts almost daily.…
Calligraphy with Gen AI
Trying out something new today – combining calligraphy with AI art. My steps: Just another example of how we can work together with AI while retaining our humanity. Hmm, need to try using other fonts in my calligraphy.
Podcasts are the new mass media
Fascinating data from Scott Galloway’s latest newsletter on the “podcast election” : “Rogan has 16 million Spotify subscribers and can reach many more people across a variety of other platforms: In just three days after the live podcast, his three-hour-long…