New term learned.
“That’s AI AF”
Examples of usage:
Someone shows you a hyper-realistic AI-generated image → “Whoa, that’s AI AF.”
You read a robotic-sounding email that lacks human warmth → “That’s AI AF.”
Chat WDYT?
Don’t look up
A while back I wrote a long piece about the mysterious 500ETH transactions by Hu Lezhi
https://jshamsul.com/essays/2025-03-09-the-hu-lezhi-transmission
Higher education is not necessarily a guarantee of higher virtue, or higher political wisdom.
“(Bitcoin style) encryption”
Does that mean that your chats messages will be cryptographically signed, but are available for everyone to see, just like Bitcoin transactions? 🤔
From writing e-zines to writing newsletter.
https://jshamsul.com/essays/2025-02-23-from-e-zine-to-newsletter
Who would've thought the U.S. would descend into Orwellian 1984, while China drifts toward Huxley's Brave New World?
I always assumed their dystopian futures would be the other way around.
Feels like the end of Cixin Liu's Supernova Era, where the two quietly swap roles.
Idealism is the last luxury the youth have.
All online video contents are either staged or AI generated.
Online video will be meaningless.
I re-read the original Snow White tale — and found eerie parallels with the evil Queen’s Magic Mirror to our relationship with tech, AI, and digital vanity.
✨ New Code & Codex:
“The Queen’s Magic Mirror”
There are no more conservatives.
There are only nationalistic radicals of the right, and nationalistic radicals of the left.
Sun Tzu wrote, “The Art of War”.
Who is writing “The Art of De-escalation”?
I think the world need this,
The Art of De-escalation:
Save Face and Walk Away.
My opinion on this are not well finalise yet.
To me, the neurons and synapses connecting are just one part of it. There is more to just chemical reaction.
There is a non-biological element to it, perhaps somewhat metaphysical, or even spiritual part of it.
Instinct, Intuition, imagination, there is more than just “data processing” from our sensory.
Or maybe I am “over-thinking” this 😅
When you say AI can think,
or AI can't think ...
What is 'thinking' to you?
How do human 'think'?
I have my own opinion on this,
but I would love to hear your thoughts.
Drop a comment or quote this, I'll read it
Ace Combat is Grand Turismo with fighter jets.
yes / no ?
I’ve tried a lot of coffee-making styles — grinding beans for French press, Aeropress, Moka pot, V60 pour-over…
But somehow, this cheap kopitiam-style sachet with hot water hits the spot for me 😅
The software engineering equivalent of The Dark Knight quote: "You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain" is:
"You either retire a farmer, or live long enough to become a tech curmudgeon."
Advertising has shifted from product research to market research.
It's not about what's right with the product, but what's wrong with the buyer.
Ads sell not the product's character, but the character of the consumer of the product.
New dispatch for Code & Codex
Is Monero still a thing?