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The whole reason for my podcast and my substack is to once more explore writing: both fiction and non-fiction. However, since I left high school, and until last year, I had put creative writing to the side unless it was to create campaigns for Dungeons and Dragons.
When I was in highschool I was always writing, both in school and outside school. Sadly, in my family's many moves, most of that writing has been lost. When I was 8 and living in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, I distinctly remember writing a 20-chapter Famous Five novel of my own. I was very much into Enid Blyton and especially the Famous Five.
During a visit to my now 85-year-old mother last year, she handed me several file folders. They contained, to my horror, all of my report cards from every class along with some other curiousities. In 1989, when I was 14, the South China Morning Post in Hongkong where we were then living, ran a Short Story Competition. I sincerely have no recollection of entering it, but somehow my entry came third and was published.
I had forgotten this until I saw the printed entry tucked into the file folders. Today, I'm actually going to read that out in this podcast. I can absolutely understand how cringy this will be. There's nothing like reading teenage fiction.
But before making your ears bleed I want to delve into the topic of fiction in the age of generative AI. In Episodes 2 and 3 I discussed how AI was changing the face of coding and technology creation, but what about the other creative arts?
Fiction in the age of AI
Read the written version of “Fiction in the age of AI”
The Nervous Nineties: Voyage through darkness into the black whirlpool
Read the written version of my short story: “The Nervous Nineties: Voyage through darkness into the black whirlpool”
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This podcast combines two pieces from Tales under the cat tree with some additional content.
The "hazards" of driving in Chile
Every country has its driving norms and after driving 2,500 kilometres in Chile, I think I've figured out at least one that you might want to have in the back of your mind before visiting! Read the full piece.
Photos: Scenes from the Atacama, Chile, Carnival in Arica, Chile
The Colombo Traffic Symphonic Orchestra
What was it like to drive through the busy congested streets of Colombo, Sri Lanka? Let me take you on a "musical" journey. In some parts and times in the city, this is not yet ancient history. Read the full piece
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Explore changes to web technology from the earliest days in the 90s through to the AI era through the lens of the changing realities for my personal web site dups.ca (duleepa.com) and photos.dups.ca. I also go through composing my first ever podcast theme! You can view the full article and the pictures on https://tales.dups.ca. This specific post is available at:https://tales.dups.ca/p/after-thirty-years-on-the-web-have
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When it comes to all things AI, it seems hype is running faster than reality. If you believe the hype, Google and co. say that 30% or more of their code is AI generated. I would argue, while there may be lots of autocompleted code, in many larger engineering teams, the majority of developers may risk being dragged along or left behind and not on their terms. While I do not call it the death of the programmer, I do think a fundamental paradigm shift is underway.
So I'd like to consider the question of how deeply engineers are actually adopting AI, especially Agentic AI in larger software teams. My gut says that it's a lot less than what tech leaders, including me, are hoping for even while we buy expensive tools. Please read the full notes and links available at https://tales.dups.ca/p/how-deeply-are-engineers-adopting
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Find out what this is all about and what I hope to explore through Tales under the cat tree in both written and audio form.
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