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Authentic intelligence rises with AI
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 16/05/2025
» As the cognitive power and proliferation of artificial intelligence take the world by storm, the case for authenticity and originality paradoxically becomes more compelling and carries higher premiums. It is now a widely accepted reality that AI is on its way to master human thought processes and proceed beyond them. This means that it will be more difficult for humans to differentiate between what comes from AI and what does not. As such, the time has come after nearly 40 years of being published -- including more than 25 of them with this newspaper -- that this column goes subjective.
The 'living happily ever after' rule is for everyone
Oped, Steve Ammidown, Published on 14/02/2025
» The romance genre has a single set-in-stone rule: The main characters of the story will end up happily in a relationship. The HEA (Happily Ever After) or the HFN (Happy for Now) is the expectation of every reader who picks up a romance novel in the same way a mystery reader waits for a big twisty reveal or a fantasy reader anticipates strange and arcane magic.
NBTC faces huge hurdles
Oped, Editorial, Published on 08/02/2025
» The case of Pirongrong Ramasoota, a commissioner of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) who faces a two-year jail term following a legal dispute with True Digital Group, is snowballing into what is being called the "Pirongrong Effect".
Reflections from a fire-ravaged LA
Holiday Time, Drue Kataoka & Curtis S Chin, Published on 01/02/2025
» Thailand's blockbuster How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (Lahn Mah), directed by Pat Boonnitipat might not have been on the nominees list -- and Putthipong "Billkin" Assaratanakul was not (yet) a Golden Globes winner or presenter -- but when the 82nd Golden Globes Awards ceremony concluded this Jan 5 (local time) in Los Angeles, there were so many Asian and Asian American achievements to celebrate. This included much greater global visibility for actors, directors and creative content from Korea to Japan to India and beyond.
Be wary of the TikTokalypse on the radar
Oped, Todd G Buchholz, Published on 31/01/2025
» When the United States president, Congress and Supreme Court are all in a tizzy at the same time, the topic under discussion is usually a global meltdown or, at the very least, income taxes. Today, the concern is dancing cat videos. In his first day back in the White House, Donald Trump launched a strike against the Court and Congress by signing an executive order to pause the ban on TikTok, earning applause from the Chinese-owned company. TikTok's online content creators are relieved, too, for many warn that a ban (or a forced sale to a US company) would devastate them. I call it the TikTokalypse.
Greenland: the northern US rampart?
News, John J. Metzler, Published on 10/01/2025
» Everybody it seems is suddenly interested in Greenland. Canada, Russia, China and the United States all are vying for a foothold on the Arctic island. A fantastically beautiful but often foreboding place locked in ice and isolation, Greenland's remoteness has been both its blessing and its bane. This may now be changing.
No sweetness here
Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/01/2025
» Re: "China rejects B400m in Thai syrup shipments", (Business, Jan 4).
Beyond the world's favourite hippo
Oped, Curtis S Chin & Jose B Collazo, Published on 02/01/2025
» The news from Asia at year-end 2024 that dominated headlines here in the United States included the tragic crash landing of Jeju Air flight 2216 flying from Thailand. As hundreds of millions took to roads and to the air for the holidays, the news seemed especially close to home, even thousands of miles away.
AI will force tech investors to become macro aware
News, Taosha Wang, Published on 22/11/2024
» Tech investors are facing a new form of disruption. This investment cohort has historically paid little attention to macroeconomics, as ever-improving product features and innovative growth strategies have driven investment returns in high tech far more than things like aggregate growth and inflation.
Hollywood on Thames is UK's chance to shine
News, Matthew Brooker, Published on 10/09/2024
» Hollywood loves a happy ending, preferably after a few twists and turns along the way. The British version has another chance to write its own after Marlow Film Studios, backed by Avatar director James Cameron and a host of UK creative talents, said it will appeal against the rejection of a planned complex in the country's movie heartland west of London. Suspense turns on whether the two-month-old Labour government will intervene to greenlight a project that so clearly aligns with its mission of stimulating economic growth.