Musings of a 50+ year old boy – a halftime journey

It is amazing to see the explosion of AI development happening before our eyes in a matter of months since ChatGPT was launched last Nov. The impact is so rapid that it has even taken the financial world by storm. The recent rally in the stock market has been single-handedly turbocharged by tech stocks with…

We had just completed our 11 days South Korean family vacation and I would like to use this week’s blog as a travelogue diary before I forget the details. It is also to help me reminisce on the good moments during the trip for future personal review of the wonderful quality family time we had.…

Time flies and in 2 weeks time, we will be entering into mid-year. It’s nice to be back to normal again after almost 3 years of the pandemic where our worlds were turned upside down. Typically, I have set up a list of goals to achieve at the beginning of the year. I would do…

Since the introduction of ChatGPT last Nov, Artificial Intelligence (AI) development has exploded everywhere in our faces. In a short span of months, its rapid evolution has caused some like Musk to ask for a moratorium or to pause its growth for 6 months. It is simply not possible to stop AI’s progress, as we…

When my kids were young, they sometimes asked me what I do for a living. This ex-dark side banker will say that I am a magician. I create something out of nothing. There is basically very little economic value to what I do except to take a spread/commission out of every transaction. This could run…

We are fast approaching Labour Day long weekend, the May Day holiday for the rest of the world except for America which celebrates it in Sep. We are almost into the mid-year mark and it’s time to review and reassess the macro sentiment for the latter part of 2023. By identifying possible macro trends ahead,…

I was introduced to the concept of Ikigai a few years ago by the founder of a local consultancy firm who believed that this Japanese teaching transcends into one’s reason for being. It provides a roadmap to a long and happy life by providing steps to help an individual unlock and discover his purpose in…

A personal observation of the advent of AI (Artificial Intelligence) since my previous write-up in Feb: https://medium.com/@checkwoei/the-advent-of-ai-chatgpt-and-others-exploring-the-next-frontier-1bce9144aedf ChatGPT was only introduced to the world less than 5 months ago and the pace has accelerated exponentially in this short period. Many new inventive uses are being discovered and completed AI products are appearing on social media…