Ian Tan

Ian Tan

The patron saint of communications

One thing I did not expect to learn in Lugano, Switzerland, was the existence of the Catholic patron saint of communications, advertising and PR : Saint Bernardino of Siena. St. Bernardino (Bernadine, 1380 to 1444 AD) was an exceptional preacher…

Sora 1st day review : Sorry

Review of OpenAI’s Sora on its first day: Unpredictable. Expensive. Overhyped and underwhelming. Rated 2 out of 5 stars. You may think this video that I generated with Sora is pretty and cool but it did not follow my prompt.…

Use Gen AI to help you and not cripple you

TRY THIS PROMPT: “Take my work and tell me how to improve it.” I always recommend people to get Gen AI apps to improve their writing, plans and presentations. However, I’ve seen that some people don’t want to do the…

ChatGPT for understanding ancient Chinese wisdom

Translating Ancient Wisdom with ChatGPT: I borrowed this ebook from the library “Master of the Three Ways; Reflections of a Chinese Sage on Living a Satisfying Life”. It contains the writings of Hung Ying Ming, a 17th-century sage, and the…

Claude custom writing styles

I am experimenting with Claude AI’s new custom styles. I uploaded my writing samples and tried some random prompts. VERDICT: Still sounds like a generic chatbot, just with a little more flair and a little less insipid (“Insipid” is why…

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…

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…