A thought exercise about AI
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…
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ST Masterclass – Advanced Gen AI – Jan 2026
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,…
The real value of AI Art
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…
Newsletter 53 – No Go for me
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…
Learn vibe coding, young man
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.…
Claude Cowork cleaning up desktops
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…
NYT’s 35 Health Tips
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)…
ST Masterclass is two years old
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…
A serious way to have fun with Gen AI
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…
My HSK Chinese Python app
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…
Newsletter 52
I chopped up my first melon yesterday. It was a Hami melon and I didn’t know how to check for ripeness until I had finished…
Testing for human x AI skills
I was listening to a news feature which talked about how more companies want to hire people with “AI skills”. That’s a pretty broad requirement.…