The new university semester starts next week, and students will ask me about my stance on the use of Gen AI. I will show them this slide which encapsulates everything I feel as someone who teaches Gen AI to organisations…
Generated with Midjourney. And when my friends asked me for a lion with permed hair…
Last week, like magic, I suddenly stopped buying or eating any ultra-processed foods. Instead of crackers and biscuits, I now only eat tomatoes, figs, nuts or other fruits for snacks. It’s not often that I experience instant behavioural changes. This…
I found a new use for ChatGPT today. I was driving to meet some friends, and was thinking that I had not updated my journal for many weeks. So, I activated the ChatGPT app, pressed the headphones icon to start…
I always enjoy the questions I get during our lunch and tea breaks at The Straits Times Generative AI Masterclass. “Ian, won’t AI make people worse writers?” “Can ChatGPT let us analyze 20 CVs at one go?” “Which jobs won’t…
I just made this animation and it is 90% AI-generated. You can do the same too, even if you have no design background. All you need is your intent and your creativity. Here’s what I did: 1. Create still image…
I was confused when Kamala Harris was suddenly labelled as a “brat” on social media. But hey, that’s why Gen Z and Gen Alpha keep coming up with new slang words – to keep us Gen X geezers out of…
Earlier this year, a participant from my Generative AI workshop wrote this feedback: “Trainer should spend less time talking about himself.” Ouch! But he/she was right, I shared too much about my background and I’ve since compressed my self-intro to…
“They used to be marketed as SMART devices, now, they’re called AI devices. But do they really have AI in them?” Last month, I had a lively discussion about the AI landscape with the senior management team of Harvey Norman…
Generative AI has real benefits for everyone, but you don’t need to buy a new laptop to enjoy them. Just use the laptop you have, and spend money on Gen AI app subscriptions instead. There’s been a lot of “AI…