We have the honour of hosting the world premiere of "The Rocket Lounge at Tokyo Spaceport" by Memories of the Starman, created and produced with a range of GenAI tools by The Media Village.
Below is just the teaser. Watch the full screening at our 143rd social mixer tonight (register here), doors open at 6:30pm on Weds 24th July, 2024 at The Aftermath Bar, Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong.
Our next social mixer is on Wednesday 21st August, 2024 at The Aftermath Bar, LG/F Sunny Building, 57-59 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong. Doors open at 6pm with the interview starting at 7pm (ish). Locate on Google Maps. Help us at the door, pre-purchase your tickets below.
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Join us on July 24th at 6:30pm for our 143rd social mixer at The Aftermath Bar, LG/F Sunny Building, 57-59 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong. (Find your way on Google Maps).
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I thought that, given all the hullabaloo about GenAI ("generative artificial intelligence"), rather than get caught up in the all the social media froth, let's invite a respected video artist and musician to tell us what it can really do.
Our guest speaker for this gathering is none other than Charles Edwards, Producer & Director at The Media Village, who has created amazing video and audio productions for the likes of Hong Kong Disneyland, Cathay Pacific, China Light & Power, AXA, Rosewood, Barclays Bank and China Telecom.
In his spare time, Charles is the lead singer for the rock band, The Hard Luck Kings, and decided to put his creative might to the test by using various GenAI tools to make their first music video, "The Sinner Man". Enjoy!
When we hit the stage, Charles and I will tackle what he learnt using the latest GenAI tools - he's tried them all - and where he sees this going for the creative industry. It's gonna be a fun night in a great venue! Don't miss out - buy your tickets here now.
Our next social mixer willl be on Wednesday 21st August, 2024 at The Aftermath Bar, LG/F Sunny Building, 57-59 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong. Doors open at 6pm with the interview starting at 7pm (ish). Locate on Google Maps.
If the page doesn't render, register via this link.
You know the world has been turned upside down when board battles at OpenAI lead news headlines, ahead of the Gaza hostage release and Binance's US$4bn fine.
Once again, I find myself out of breath trying to keep up with the latest developments in AI, looking at creative ways to apply GenAI and GPTs to my daily job.
What better a way to learn than to invite an AI practitioner, a Korean mathematical scientist who went from quant trading for banks to replacing research teams with automated AI bots. Our guest speaker for the "AI round-up of 2023" is Stephen Joon Choi, Co-Founder, CTO and Responsible Officer at Asklora, "a deep-tech startup committed to automating the role of financial advisors and research analysts to put professional-level investing strategies and insights right in the hands of everyday investors".
We won't just speak about his new business but also dig deeper into the current and future evolution of AI, unravelling many of the acronyms, including "GenAI, LLMs (open and closed), RAG, RLHF and tackling where it could all go!
Given the topic of artificial intelligence, we've once again asked Otter.ai to capture the various speakers in the transcript below. You can also listen whilst you read. Apologies for the poor audio quality as it was recorded on my iPhone. Recorded at CLUB DAO in Sheung Wan on 6th December 2023.
I had the pleasure of interviewing / grilling Adam "Naj" Najberg, the Head of Comms and Content for Tencent Games Global, at an impromptu Web Wednesday in Bangkok on July 19th, 2023.
If you missed it or want to review his revelations - some real gems! - then listen to the unedited audio recording below. The transcript is provided by the AI algorithms of Otter.ai. [Warning: like all AIs, it's not 100% correct and may occasionally hallucinate. But the repartee remained witty and human!].
Have you heard of PUBG Mobile, the second most played video game of all time? Owned by Tencent Games, it has grossed over US$9bn from 1.3bn downloads!
Adam "Naj" Najberg, their Global Head of Comms and Content is parachuting into Bangkok this week to speak at a very impromptu Web Wednesday gathering at 4-6pm on Wednesday 19th July, 2023.
In our fireside chat, some of the topics we will cover include:
How Naj built a career in global communications for Chinese tech companies?
Lessons that he's learnt along the way and what he'd do differently?
How Chinese multinationals are adjusting to a slowing economy in an increasingly politically-divided world?
The launch of Tencent's new games-as-a-service ("GaaS") platform, "Level Infinite", and how it will change the mobile gaming landscape?
How innovative partnerships, like "PUBG Mobile and HEARTROCKER" rocked the Thai gaming world?
The role of Thai celebrities, Nicky Nachat and Mai Davika, in their game marketing
Why Tencent Games never got into Web3, NFTs and the Metaverse, outside of China?
As well as delving into the challenges facing multinational Chinese brands, Naj and I will discuss the launch of Tencent's new global brand, "Level Infinite", which primarily offers games-as-a-service ("GaaS") focusing on free or cheap downloads with in-game purchases. The content is more episodic and faster to market. Here's the initial teaser video...
Thailand is a promising market for video gaming, with 30 million players nationwide and overall revenues topping US$1 billion last year. Naj sees Thailand as an intriguing SE Asia market due to disposable income growth, but also the diversity of players. In most countries, they see predominant tendencies toward mobile, PC or console. Thailand urban dwellers polled at 95% for claiming to play mobile games, but nearly 85% play on PC and almost 70% also play on consoles. Few other markets show the same diversity.
Thailand's super-creative streak also places the country high on Tencent's list of innovative partnerships, like this one between leading game streamer 'Aek HEARTROCKER’ and PUGB Mobile, with voicing and special items provided by Nicky Nachat and Mai Davika. Watch the promo video below to discover why their weapons of choice are frying pans - it's a bundle of laughs!
Naj started off his working life at The Wall Street Journal and has led communications for China's leading global technology companies, including Shenzhen DJI, Alibaba Group and now, Tencent. He has also written a book, a guide to "Jumpstarting Your Career", and completed a full-length indie documentary, "Out of Reach: The Struggle for the American Dream".
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