Blog Critical Thinking: Getting to First Principles If you have been following my newsletter, you'll know that for getting better at lifelong learning, I am advocating for 2 Cs. They are Critical Thinking and Curation. I have
Blog Behind the Scenes as Trainer & Instructor This is another post I've been wanting to write on for a while now. I wanted to share some of the interesting happenings or requests I get while preparing and
Blog How Do We Test for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)? This post was inspired by a recent podcast/YouTube video that I finished, where Shane Legg (Chief AGI Scientist & Co-founder of Google Deepmind) was interviewed. I'll be upfront, this
Blog Understanding the Challenges of Tech Community Building This has been an article I wanted to write for quite a while now. Let me explain. In recent decade, we have seen the proliferation of tech communities. Tech communities
Blog What Areas Should An AI Governance Committee Consist? Many of you may know from my newsletter, that I am embarking on a knowledge journey on building Trustable AI. Today I want to shine the spotlight on AI Governance.
Blog Eliminate Poor Visual Cues! This post was inspired based on actual events on a fateful day when I was running errands. :) Together with Eric Sandosham, we teach a visual analytics class in SMU Academy
Blog An Existential Risk Developing Slowly About 18 months ago, I wrote on the topic of Sex Robots and what are the potential issues that might arise (article here). Recently a news article came out, where
Blog Getting to the Real Experts Alright, I can officially say at least Singapore wants to shift the population towards Lifelong Learning paradigm so let us talk about Learning. :) Ask yourself the following question: “If you
Artificial Intelligence AI Ethics? AI Governance? Trust! Recently I published several issues of my newsletter on the above topics and I thought I do a consolidated post on my thoughts on the above. If you are keen
Blog National AI Talent Strategy By now, there are a handful of nations that has announced their National AI Strategy. Going into the individual nation's AI Strategy is what I am keen on doing later
Blog Skills & Competencies - Tasks & Jobs As countries starts to figure out how to equip its manpower, current and future, to take on future economy and its variances, trodding down the "lifelong learning" pathway, it is
Blog Building a Strong Reading Culture in a Country Every time I visit a city, there is a must-go place for me to go and that is the bookstore, the biggest they can offer! Why is that a must-go
Artificial Intelligence Does Customization Really Help? I have been in the line of teaching data science and data analytics for a long while, since 2007 till now. I always get this question and that is "Can
Blog Difference btw Education and Lifelong Learning With technology coming onboard faster, taking over many of the technical tasks, labor or manpower cannot run away from the fact that they will have to constantly learn to keep
Blog Consciousness & The Brain As many of you may know I like to discuss and think about things related to Artificial Intelligence. Given the existential risk discussion these days, one topic that needs to
Artificial Intelligence Are You Human or "Human"? I came across this fantastic YouTube video by DamiLee where she shared why movies from Ghibli Studios can never be replaced by AI. This video ties in exactly with a
Blog Algorithm War Coming! In March 2023, Bill Gates published on his blog site titled, “The Age of AI has Begun.” I must say it was a captivating read for me. How so? Bill
Blog What Existential Risk is There? (Long Post) In my newsletter, I wrote a quick thought on this statement that many prominent figures in AI (including Philosophers apparently) have voiced support and sign on it. The statement is
Blog Is AI Getting Dangerous? Recently, there is an article/interview that went viral in the industry. Rodney Brooks, the former Director of CSAIL was interviewed. Briefly, he is a robotics researcher in MIT currently.
Podcast Symbolic Connection - What is Generative AI? We are back after a short less than a year hiatus!! :P For this episode, we discussed topics about generative AI. We actually used Google's Bard to generate the outline
Blog New Normal with Generative AI In a recent discussion I have with a group of non-tech people, the topic of Generative AI was brought up (...again), so I thought I write a thought piece on
Blog Tech Layoffs 2023 (Validated) Today I came across the following Business Times article that talks about the tech layoff development in Singapore. https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/singapore/economy-policy/laid-tech-workers-still-demand-elsewhere-may-not-be-jobs-they-preferThe newspaper validated my point
Blog Geoffrey Hinton Leaving Google - Death Knell of AI? The big news this week is definitely, Geoffrey Hinton leaving Google plus his indication that he is not sure if AI can be used for the good of humanity anymore.
Blog Thoughts on AI Index Report 2023 (Stanford-HAI) - Part 5 If you have made it to here after the last 4 parts, my biggest appreciation! :D If you have not, please find the other 4 parts below. :) Part 1, Part
Blog "Being Human" vs "Being Machine" This is an inspired post. As I continue my work in sharing and helping more people to understand Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. I find the comment,"You need to
