Ballio Chan 陳熙諾

WATCH THE 🌊 RIPPLES: 10 years ago I watched Norman Lear (1922-2023) share a poignant story live, an experience that deeply resonated with me. Lear recounted a childhood moment with his father by a lake, throwing pebbles into the water. His father imparted a thoughtful observation: "Every pebble you throw, Norman, raises the lake's level." As a child, Norman didn't see any noticeable change in the water level, but his father elaborated that the visible ripples were just a part of the effect, and a scientist could confirm the subtle rise in the lake's level. This narrative was more than a simple lesson in physics; it was a metaphor for life's impact. Norman Lear later understood that his father's words were guiding him to focus less on the scale of his influence and more on the immediate joy and ripples resulting from his actions. Inspired by Norman's story, I delved into a P5.js example of a real-time wave ripple approximator by Prof @shiffman youtu.be/BZUdGqeOD0w and decided to enhance it this morning with help from GPT-4. It's really nice to see the way your little ripples can go off and become even bigger ones. And definitely feels like there's tons of ripples happening during this AI revolution we're experiencing right now. I'm captivatingly watching the 🌊s carefully these days, and excited to make a few positive AI ripples wherever we can.