will post more about (final) day 2 of @aiDotEngineer Singapore soon but memorable highlights i wanted to remember is how @theesabina and @bytheophana (both from nyc) were genuinely shocked and on guard by how friendly people were at the summit 😅 nyc energy clashing w spicy-brain singapore ai scene energy
other highlights:
- @DelaneSays bringing her 4yo kid to watch the conference!! little ki learning about llms and computer use before algebra, befriending BOTH robots and humans with @waqasmakhdum @DhruvDiddi 😆
- after 15 hours of sleep, first thing i watched was @agrimsingh's closing speech :')) the 65labs team is an inspiration on how to bring SOUL and HEART to a growing scene
- @GeoffreyHuntley giving me great advice on what hats to not be wearing lmao. ty for saving me from getting cancelled by accident && for bringing ur sick hat fashion to the scene
- bringing @convex team @waynesutton @mikeysee @existentializzm on a duck tour in singapore!! it'd be so great to see convex land in singapore more permanently :))
- @yoimnotkesku and @adlinzainal fighting over who gets to pay for the volunteers!! kes rly acing the 'singaporean citizenship application' at every turn haha ty @adlinzainal for being the mom of the team :D
- went on a dinner tour with newly found aie friends and @ktoya_me suddenly wanting to do a mini-hack with @ElevenLabs and us at AIT, then bumping into @latentclaw who was super SUPPORTIVE OF IT lfg
- me realizing there were FOUR AIT ex/current leads in AIE Singapore: @tokengobbler matthiaslubken @Stefania_druga and @Calclavia -- so many community-minded folks doing amazing things! pity i didnt get to meet half of u in person :')
- @unprofeshme @adlinzainal sharing their MAXIMALIST, GIFT GIVING love languages and giving me inspiration for future merch
- bumping into @minu_who and @hrishioa at the afterparty, and the alcohol-fuelled conversations after 😂
- @brianchew & yiming's quiet but consistent presence in providing for volunteers throughout the entire conf. so much wouldn't've been possible without their help
- @rachpradhan planning to post-train a model into making me it's default taste ☠️
- SO MANY inspiring kids who blew me away with their energy and heart, @Shreyansh_Ag1, @hehuabuilds and @PairieK, @wilsonsfh_ @lavanya_g112 -- this scene is meant for you folks and we hope to see u more often here (or building ur own scenes!) :)
- @justinbaird and the tesseract team's lovely heartwarming BCI demo that showed us how tech can meet us where we are, literally :'')
- @swyx taking a photo of us in the backstage before putting it on the last slide of his closing speech :'') mentioning @nathanwangliao as his personal chatgpt lol and just as importantly, his hope on what Singapore could be! that every great thing that happened in singapore started off as a shower thought in someone's mind :)
- @theesabina's speech!! i legit thought she was a theatre kid -- by far the best AIE demo i've gotten to hear and soooo soo many notes to take down on what makes something engaging, fun and technical!
- @mdda123 being one of the OG HEARTs AND SOULs of the ai scene here :) i see you sir and i thank you for the heart work you've done to bring high signal events to folks
- so so many other inspiring folks who have GIVEN so much, and pushed and are continuing to push me to grow as a community lead in ways i never knew were possible
really -- im in awe of everyone i got to meet, no matter on . we are the scene, and we'll keep growing larger from here! watch this space 🫡😎
p.s. @theesabina i did not manage to get a @magicpatterns cap!! they look SO GOOD, pity you had to head off so quickly and we'd love to host u whenever you're back. love to try the tools out soon :)
@adlinzainal @brianchew @gabrielchua @agrimsingh @SherryYanJiang @unprofeshme @NehallAgrawal @aimuggle @65labslah @ivanleomk
