Ian Tan

Ian Tan

How many likes are real?

The desire for “likes” drives many people to keep posting on social media. But how many are authentic “likes” from a human being? This photo is from the CNN article “Photographer steps inside Vietnam’s shadowy ‘click farms’”, showing a wall…

Newsletter 07: No drivel for you

I hope your week went well and that you didn’t have to deal with too much nonsense in your life. We can define life in many ways and I just cooked up this saying: “Life is dealing with other people’s…

AWS survey on Gen AI

If you have AI skills, employers in India and Thailand are willing to pay AT LEAST 54% and 41% more to hire you – so says a survey of 5,000 organizations and 15,000 workers across Asia Pacific. The survey was…

Hitchcock on happiness

“A clear horizon — nothing to worry about on your plate, only things that are creative and not destructive…” “I can’t bear quarreling, I can’t bear feelings between people — I think hatred is wasted energy, and it’s all non-productive.…

Newsletter 06: Real life is uncurated

Last Wednesday, I was at the fitness corner located outside my HDB apartment block and I saw my wheelchair-bound neighbor and her helper. I waved at her but she didn’t seem to notice me. She was frowning and looking at…

Midjourney’s “Character Reference” feature

Meet my Generative AI dog, Poolander! Just two days ago, creating these four images of my worrywart friend with a single text prompt would not have been possible. Midjourney just rolled out the new “Character Reference” feature, which allows you…