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Alan Tan

The intuition of LLM’s seeming ability to reason

This is a follow-up essay on one of my previous articles:

Apr 29

The intuition of LLM’s seeming ability to reason

Apr 29

Alan Tan

AI will replace programmers faster than lawyers and doctors

It sounds crazy and counter-intuitive? Aren’t programmers the ones who wrote those AI systems? Yes, BUT…

Jan 30

AI will replace programmers faster than lawyers and doctors

Jan 30

Alan Tan
in
The Startup

Will UBI Save Us When AI Takes All the Jobs?

Universal Basic Income is gaining support from many, including high-tech execs. With its known flaws, will UBI be a potential solution to…

Dec 26, 2020

Will UBI Save Us When AI Takes All the Jobs?

Dec 26, 2020

Alan Tan
in
Towards Data Science

Singularity may not require AGI

“Singularity”, the point where AI can improve itself faster than humans can, had been a topic since the 60s. I.J. Good speculated in 1965…

Oct 13, 2020

Singularity may not require AGI

Oct 13, 2020

Alan Tan
in
DataDrivenInvestor

The Power of Being Convincible

Great leaders, like everyone else, aren’t always right, what sets them apart though, is that they recognize and make conscious efforts to…

Aug 14, 2020

The Power of Being Convincible

Aug 14, 2020

Alan Tan
in
Towards Data Science

A Chinese Speaker’s take on the Chinese Room

AI philosophy essay refining Chinese Room thought-experiment — one who communicates intelligently shall not understand a thing they write…

Jul 5, 2019

A Chinese Speaker’s take on the Chinese Room

Jul 5, 2019

Alan Tan
in
DataDrivenInvestor

What did IBM Watson do wrong in Business AI Strategy

Last month, IBM pared down its Waston drug discovery effort, about 10 months after it scaled back its Watson hospital business.

Jun 1, 2019

What did IBM Watson do wrong in Business AI Strategy

Jun 1, 2019

Alan Tan
in
DataDrivenInvestor

Pan-intelligence Coexistence — who are intelligent(2/3)

This is the second of a 3-part mini-series discussing cross-intelligent-species value.

Apr 2, 2019

Pan-intelligence Coexistence — who are intelligent(2/3)

Apr 2, 2019

Alan Tan
in
DataDrivenInvestor

Is stereoscopic 3D vision what Deep Learning needs to generalize modeling of the reality

As Deep Learning, particularly CNN in image processing gaining its success and fame, it also garnered some serious concerns and criticism…

Mar 20, 2019

Is stereoscopic 3D vision what Deep Learning needs to generalize modeling of the reality

Mar 20, 2019

Alan Tan
in
Design and Tech.Co

While we externalize our intellect to create AI, it is also changing our idea of human intellect

We are getting into somewhat philosophical discussion, so, we may need to clarify a minimum agreeable idea of “what are intellect and…

Feb 24, 2019

While we externalize our intellect to create AI, it is also changing our idea of human intellect

Feb 24, 2019

Alan Tan

Alan Tan

Pan-intelligence futurist — Don’t fear AI as in “Artificial Intelligence” in machines; Be fearful of AI as in ‘Absence of Intelligence’ in humans.

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