My tray of eyeglasses
My daughter said, “Why do you have so many eyeglasses lying around the house?” I replied, “Because I need all of them! Middle age sucks!” That conversation gave me the idea to buy a tray for my spectacles, which I…
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Generative Workshop For Creatives In Vietnam
What if an artist could become a copywriter? What if a copywriter could become an artist? I shared this “impossible idea” with the talented creatives from OnPoint last week. OnPoint is the leading e-commerce enabler in Vietnam, helping many brands…
Increasing my VO₂ Max
People have been asking me, “What are you going to do during the term break till August? Are you travelling anywhere?” My latest response: “Nope. I’m going to jog 6km every day until my waistline drops an inch and my…
Microsoft’s latest Copilot Plus PCs
The Verge recently published this article “Inside Microsoft’s mission to take down the MacBook Air”. Microsoft is trying to take down the MacBook Air again. Let me tell you why I’m deeply skeptical, even though I’m a big Windows user…
What Generative AI is NOT
These are the three top misconceptions about what Generative AI is. • It’s not a search engine • It’s not thinking on its own • It’s not a source of truth Sounds simple enough to understand, but it actually takes…
Journalism in the age of Gen AI
“How should we practice journalism in the age of Generative AI?” This was the theme of my discussion yesterday with financial journalism post-grad students from City, University of London. They were visiting my school the Wee Kim Wee School of…
ChatGPT 4o is here
ChatGPT 4o (“omni”) has just been released for free use and I took it for a quick spin. 1. “Generate different icons of a bald man with glasses” – Not bad! 2. “Analyze this research paper on AI in education…
Getting riled by AI-generated laksa
Some people really dislike AI-generated images. Over the weekend, the SG Gov social media team posted a few visuals to celebrate Mother’s Day. They were riffs on local food, and one post went like this: “Mum, you are the ‘laksa’…
ChatGPT: Go deeper with translations and learning languages.
Now that the NTU teaching semester has ended, I have more time to get back to my Chinese language studies. I was reading the Zaobao media interview with outgoing PM Lee Hsien Loong and came across this sentence: “当前纷扰的世界局势正扰乱多边贸易的开放常态，也引发各种区域安全隐患.” 1.…
Every day is Mother’s Day
The best day to celebrate Mother’s Day is on any day except Mother’s Day itself. Discuss. Original post on LinkedIn