I did a thought exercise with my undergrad students yesterday. I asked them to fill in a poll and suggest which jobs would survive the onslaught of AI. They proposed jobs such as nurses, vets, mechanics, and entertainers. Then I…
We had a great time yesterday at The Straits Times Advanced Gen AI Masterclass yesterday, building up our skills in effective prompting, doing data analysis, applying frameworks and then using these ingredients to create personal solutions with chatbots and vibe-coded…
You might be surprised to hear this as I am known for generating and posting AI images: I’ve always believed that AI-generated images (or AI Art) have very little or no value in themselves. They’re just like NFT pictures (remember…
A few days ago, OpenAI rolled out its “low-cost subscription” ChatGPT Go to 170 countries, after an initial pilot. For US$8 a month (or SGD $13), you get “10x more messages, file uploads and image creation than the free tier,…
I met a young man yesterday during an external training event. He is doing a part-time degree and is thinking of becoming a business analyst. I suggested that he do internships in sales-related roles so that he would understand how…
One of the things I never expected Gen AI to do is to clean up a messy computer desktop. This video from Anthropic shows the latest Claude Cowork app in action. From Claude: “In Cowork, you give Claude access to…
Download Image I created this infographic using Google AI Studio, extracting the key points from this great New York Times article (unlocked for you here) “35 Simple Health Tips Experts Swear By”. I’m going to print it out and paste…
Time flies! It’s been two years since I partnered with The Straits Times to launch the Masterclass in Generative AI for the public. We run our Masterclasses almost every quarter, and have expanded the course into Fundamentals and Advanced modules – each…
I find that a lot of people on LinkedIn take Gen AI too seriously, especially when they generate visuals. Not everything needs to be a boring corporate take (“OMG, not another quote on the wall generated with AI!”). But prompting…
Now that my Masters course is coming to an end, I am getting back to my original quest to learn the 5,000 words in the Chinese HSK vocabulary list and improve my Mandarin. But I’ve always struggled with revision as…