Shine Xavier

A hands-on software architect who is passionate about building products, software accelerators, and high-performance teams.

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Opening the entire source code and thought process for a contact tracing application (Covid-19) we developed as a social initiative last summer...
https://t.co/9h6iR4GH0P

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Check out my latest article: Enterprise AI — An EA Playbook.

The playbook applies Alistair Cockburn's 2005 hexagonal architecture to enterprise AI.

Frames woven in: @AndrewYNg (data-centric AI), @chipro (continuous evaluation), @sschillace (Schillace Laws), @marcoiansiti & @klakhani (AI Factory), @nvidia (infrastructural AI Factory).

Full article + 8 architecture diagrams ↓
https://t.co/1XYLNNlnIn via @LinkedIn

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In case you loved Karpathy's video and struggled keeping notes, no worries have a look https://t.co/OKiSVlxEHy

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Couldn't stop listening to this version of the latest "Saiyaara" 🎶 sensation where surreal magic 🌟 was recreated by a talented duo leveraging AI in Kishore Da's magical voice. Truly MINDBLOWING! 🔥https://t.co/2jW8BHGRhy #Saiyaara #AIinMusic

[Zu-Grama @zugramadotorg]

Security of Synthetic Biology and Cyber-Bio risks w/ @anishmohammed https://t.co/5QevqYgrVZ

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Check out my latest article: The Illusion of Promotions: Are We Buying the Product or the Bait? https://t.co/1gkZF95L1G via @LinkedIn

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@jikkujose It's gonna be tough to say whether it's gonna drop something as that (construed as world truth here) seems to be already biased (a human behaviour) 🤔

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Not sure what to make of this ad!
Is this a promotion for the device or the content?

Shouldn't the reward for consuming a content be the "sought value in the content itself" for a consumer?

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A befitting answer to the so called "programmer's dilemma". You need to learn to 'leverage" AI tools today to become the 10x version of yourself. And in this process learn with the tool and do more!

[Andrew Ng @AndrewYNg]

Some people today are discouraging others from learning programming on the grounds AI will automate it. This advice will be seen as some of the worst career advice ever given. I disagree with the Turing Award and Nobel prize winner who wrote, “It is far more likely that the programming occupation will become extinct [...] than that it will become all-powerful. More and more, computers will program themselves.”​ Statements discouraging people from learning to code are harmful!

In the 1960s, when programming moved from punchcards (where a programmer had to laboriously make holes in physical cards to write code character by character) to keyboards with terminals, programming became easier. And that made it a better time than before to begin programming. Yet it was in this era that Nobel laureate Herb Simon wrote the words quoted in the first paragraph. Today’s arguments not to learn to code continue to echo his comment.

As coding becomes easier, more people should code, not fewer!

Over the past few decades, as programming has moved from assembly language to higher-level languages like C, from desktop to cloud, from raw text editors to IDEs to AI assisted coding where sometimes one barely even looks at the generated code (which some coders recently started to call vibe coding), it is getting easier with each step.

I wrote previously that I see tech-savvy people coordinating AI tools to move toward being 10x professionals — individuals who have 10 times the impact of the average person in their field. I am increasingly convinced that the best way for many people to accomplish this is not to be just consumers of AI applications, but to learn enough coding to use AI-assisted coding tools effectively.

One question I’m asked most often is what someone should do who is worried about job displacement by AI. My answer is: Learn about AI and take control of it, because one of the most important skills in the future will be the ability to tell a computer exactly what you want, so it can do that for you. Coding (or getting AI to code for you) is a great way to do that.

When I was working on the course Generative AI for Everyone and needed to generate AI artwork for the background images, I worked with a collaborator who had studied art history and knew the language of art. He prompted Midjourney with terminology based on the historical style, palette, artist inspiration and so on — using the language of art — to get the result he wanted. I didn’t know this language, and my paltry attempts at prompting could not deliver as effective a result.

Similarly, scientists, analysts, marketers, recruiters, and people of a wide range of professions who understand the language of software through their knowledge of coding can tell an LLM or an AI-enabled IDE what they want much more precisely, and get much better results. As these tools are continuing to make coding easier, this is the best time yet to learn to code, to learn the language of software, and learn to make computers do exactly what you want them to do.

[Original text: https://t.co/HdI3Jb9HmF ]

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@TheOfficialACM Congratulations Andrew Barto and Richard S. Sutton, on this rightly deserving, and significant honor!

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WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE experience from @EurekaForbes! It is unbelievable this organisation giving such a cold shoulder despite escalation at the CEO level. Don't ever go for their water filters, especially UTC ones. It's FAULTY and they can't fix it. Struggling to get a refund!!!

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@flipkartsupport Not sure how you intend to support me through a "dead" URL. Clicked on it multiple times. It's the same story. Going in loops again. Seriously guys, can you do anything to genuinely help? At least take back the accessories and refund that as well!

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Having such a bad experience with #Flipkart. The delivery #ekart guy cancelled my product without my confirmation. I am left with some accessories which are of no use and have no return policy. Customer service is so pathetic and sending me in loops. I am done with you #Flipkart!

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Though this customer innovated and got his comfort angle for entertainment on his phone, it may not be a bad idea to have a cost effective and simple provision for anchoring one’s smartphone behind the seat. A comfortable BYOE (Bring your own entertainment) on the GO!#goIndigo

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Somehow makes perfect sense!

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

• Study hard.
• What others think of you is none of your business.
• It's OK not to have all the answers.
• Experiment, Fail, Learn and Repeat.
• Knowledge comes from experience.
• Imagination is important.
• Do what interests you the most.
• Stay curious

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"Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become." —James Clear via @momentumdash. Couldn't agree more!

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Valuation in Four Lessons | Aswath Damodaran | Talks at Google https://t.co/wKDIwz8eXS via @YouTube
A priceless watch!

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"Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else." —Fred Rogers via @momentumdash

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"You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength." —Marcus Aurelius via @momentumdash

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@allenholub Key thing would be to qualify the “good” part in the expected “good outcome”! I would argue that the C-Suite should grow enough grey matter to evaluate the merit for the means to an outcome as opposed to just pushing to achieve it somehow.

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Do check us out here @dltledgers
#supplychain #DigitalTransformation #blockchain

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We are conducting a webinar on January 18th 2023 at 11:30am (SGT) where we will shed light on the aspects of trade in the digital era and the critical impact of digital transformation on the Export and Import process.​​​​​​​

Join our (free) webinar: https://t.co/bohDxZBMz7