Technology
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Out from the echo chamber
It’s almost three months since I didn’t have a smartphone in my hands all the time. It simply means I cannot check and update my social media accounts as much as I used to. Buying online isn’t as seamless as I remember it. Now, I have to drag the bulk of my tablet just to Read more
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Letter no. 28
Inspired by this future scenario—face searching. Dear reader from the future, I don’t know what to feel about having my face searched online, like how we search for names or topics over the internet today. Yes, I post stuff online, like my profile on different social media accounts, which includes personal details and various media Read more
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Are you ready for a world in which facial recognition technologies allow regular people to face search you on the internet?
This scenario is based from our monthly scenario club at the Urgent Optimists. Urgent Optimists is a community that brings “together people who want to feel authentically hopeful about the future, and who are working to create positive transformation in society and in their own lives.” I’m a member of Urgent Optimists, and I think Read more
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Exploring MidJourney and the future of AI art
In one of the webinars that the Urgent Optimists regularly offers, I learned about MidJourney. And the moment I joined the open beta community run on Discord, I became so into it that I didn’t want to leave. What’s it about? MidJourney is an AI that generates art from your text prompts, a text-to-image tool. Read more
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Forecasting, R, and life update
Being in and out of work made me think of the price I have to pay for wanting to work in energy research here in the Philippines. But, aside from the autonomy, I like the thrill of problem-solving, just like how we did it in our graduate studies. Always looking for all the ways to Read more
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Why should you use duckduckgo?
It was a late night, and I was still outside catching up for work. That means that I have my laptop propped up while doing desktop research. But while I was in the thick of it, a friend squeezed himself in, curiosity bubbling, and asked me why I was using the DuckDuckGo search engine. Of Read more
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Are they real people?
What does a real person look like? Well, you imagine them having a head and a face. That they have eyes, ears, nose, and lips. Some of them smile with teeth while others don’t. But what if you see someone with such features, then you’ll be told that they’re not real? Here’s an example of Read more
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