Real Writing vs Gen AI
I think some people get confused that I teach two opposing skills: the traditional art of writing vs using Gen AI to churn out content. Ah, but life is about contradictions. Take this post for example. I am writing this…
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Artists vs Gen AI
Yesterday, a student asked how I felt about Gen AI being trained on the works of artists without their consent. I gave a very long answer, and here’s part of my response. First, I shared these two images of Albert…
Live on air with Susan Ng
When Susan Ng invited me to her Saturday radio show Family Ties, I was happy that it would be a live, in-person interview. “I really don’t like to call in over Zoom, it’s just not the same” I told her.…
Flux understands your prompts pretty well
My wife scolded me for not going to bed early last night. I said, “Just one more try!” No, I was not doing anything naughty or playing Nioh 2 (an amazing Japanese action game). I was generating images in Flux,…
Crowing about Flux AI images
Spent the past three hours playing around with Flux, the new AI imaging model made by former Stable Diffusion employees. The prompt: “2D mosaic of rooster, red blue and yellow tiles, white plaster background, yellow sun, white clouds”. Flux is…
When students ask me about Gen AI…
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…
Happy National Day 2024
Generated with Midjourney. And when my friends asked me for a lion with permed hair…
How I stopped eating ultra-processed foods
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…
ChatGPT as dictation machine
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…
ST Gen AI Masterclass – Aug 2024
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…