REACH (Telegram) 126 - What are your views on the Government’s efforts to keep Singapore's economy competitive while ensuring opportunities for every Singaporean? Which aspects of the speeches over the past two days resonated most with you?
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04 Mar 2026 (10am - 7pm)
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[4/3/2026 10:20 am] REACH Singapore: 📢 Topic 📢
Minister for Trade & Industry and Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong, Minister for Digital Development & Information Josephine Teo, Minister for Education Desmond Lee and Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng delivered their Committee of Supply (COS) speeches on March 2 and March 3.
The Ministers outlined efforts to cultivate a competitive, connected and resilient economy, with diverse pathways and opportunities for all.
These efforts include building the competitiveness of Singapore and Singaporeans, strengthening the AI capabilities of Singapore and her people, while also ensuring opportunities for Singaporeans.
💬 What are your views on the Government’s efforts to keep Singapore's economy competitive while ensuring opportunities for every Singaporean? Which aspects of the speeches over the past two days resonated most with you?
Some key announcements are summarised below. For more information, you may visit each Ministry's COS summary page.
Ministry of Trade & Industry (MTI) COS speech
MTI shared that they would be launching a new Champions of AI programme to help companies embed artificial intelligence across their businesses. A new live-work hub for AI will also be set up in One-North. Called Kampong AI, it will be the first startup community here to integrate both work and residential spaces.
Support for businesses expanding overseas will be improved through enhancements to existing government schemes and a streamlined grant application process from the second half of 2026. A business refresh package was also launched to help firms of all sizes capture new growth opportunities locally and overseas.
DPM Gan also highlighted MTI's intention to focus on research and development through initiatives such as the $800 million Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) plan to establish the RIE Flagship in Semiconductors. There will also be an injection of $3 billion into the Research and Innovation Scheme to help businesses expand their R&D teams and bring new or significantly improved products and processes to market.
For more information, you may visit https://www.mti.gov.sg/resources/cos2026/
Ministry of Digital Development & Information (MDDI) COS speech
MDDI announced the launch of the National AI Impact Programme (NAIIP), which aims to uplift 10,000 enterprises to integrate business processes with AI over the next 3 years and train 100,000 AI ‘bilingual’ workers with domain expertise and AI fluency.
A new training academy, the Institute of Digital Government (IDG) will also be set up to systematically equip more than 150,000 public officers with digital, data, design and artificial intelligence skills
For more information, you may visit https://www.mddi.gov.sg/committee-of-supply/cos-2026/
[4/3/2026 10:20 am] REACH Singapore: Ministry of Education (MOE) COS speech
📌 Measures to help students with different strengths and needs
MOE announced that it would discontinue the Gifted Education Programme (GEP) in its current form, and implement a refreshed approach to support primary school students with academic strengths and talents. Starting in 2027, 15 primary schools across Singapore will serve as designated centres to conduct the teaching and learning of the advanced modules.
Three separate post-secondary admissions exercises will be merged into one from 2028 to streamline applications. This means that a single application process will cover all post-secondary pathways, including junior colleges (JCs), Millennia Institute (MI), polytechnics and the Institute of Technical Education (ITE).
MOE also announced that it would work with Social Service Agencies to set up three new Special Education (SPED) schools to cater to rising demand for places for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder with Intellectual Disability (ASD-ID).
📌 Measures related to AI and Lifelong learning
MOE announced that the Code for Fun programme in primary and secondary schools would be updated with AI literacy skills, and made available to all schools in 2027. To provide more options for mid-career Singaporean learners, the SkillsFuture Level-Up Programme course catalogue will be expanded to include Workforce Skills Qualification (WSQ) full qualification courses. To encourage more employers to provide training opportunities to learners, MOE and SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) will enhance the employer incentive for the ITE work-study diploma for new cohorts from April.
For more information, you may visit https://cos.moe.gov.sg/2026/
Ministry of Manpower (MOM) COS speech
MOM announced that the retirement age in Singapore will be raised from 63 to 64 on July 1, while the re-employment age will also be raised from 68 to 69 to provide seniors with more flexibility and assurance, while enabling employers to retain experienced workers.
In an effort to provide more diverse pathways, MOM will also pilot a new programme to provide a more structured career and skills progression ladder and apprenticeships for electricians. The ministry has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Specialists Trade Alliance of Singapore to develop initiatives in these areas.
To help Singaporeans gain confidence to work alongside AI and thrive, the Government will also provide free access for six months to premium versions of AI tools for those who take up selected SkillsFuture AI courses.
For more information, you may visit https://www.mom.gov.sg/newsroom/press-releases/2026/0303-partnering-businesses-and-workers-to-thrive-in-a-changed-world
Links to news articles for further reading
🔗 https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/singapore-steps-up-investments-to-extend-lead-in-advanced-manufacturing-such-as-in-semiconductors
🔗 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ai-champions-transformation-skills-missions-5963121
🔗 https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/singapore-to-train-100000-ai-savvy-workers-by-2029
🔗 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/training-academy-public-officers-digital-data-ai-skills-5962951
🔗 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/gifted-education-programme-gep-discontinued-gep-schools-advanced-modules-5963381
🔗 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/special-education-needs-schools-autism-intellectual-disability-5963391
🔗 https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/workers-in-skilled-trades-set-to-receive-more-career-help-from-mom-starting-with-electricians
🔗 https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/advance-retrenchment-notice-jobseeker-support-salary-cap-employment-act-5966276
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[4/3/2026 11:00 am] REACH Singapore: [ Poll : 1. I am confident that Singapore’s economy will remain competitive globally over the next 5 years. Share your views in the chat! ]
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[4/3/2026 11:01 am] REACH Singapore: [ Poll : 2. The Government is doing enough to provide diverse pathways and opportunities for all Singaporeans. Share your views in the chat! ]
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💬 What are your views on the Government’s efforts to keep Singapore's economy competitive while ensuring opportunities for every Singaporean? Which aspects of the speeches over the past two days resonated most with you?
Thank you.
Megan
[4/3/2026 11:56 am] REACH Singapore: Dear Contributors,
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💬 What are your views on the Government’s efforts to keep Singapore's economy competitive while ensuring opportunities for every Singaporean? Which aspects of the speeches over the past two days resonated most with you?
We have had good feedback from this group, and we hope that we can keep the discussion robust and active!
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[4/3/2026 12:03 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
1. The series of announced programmes and assistance by government from school students, IHLs all the way to business and workers to train in AI to complement workforce rather than replacing workers - look very comprehensive.
2. It give me confidence similar to how the government engage students, IHLs, workers and business during computerisation and internet (digital economy) exploitation.
3. I have a good feeling that Singapore could succeed in AI exploitation to complement workforce and ramp up our business and workforce productivity while making business more profitable and workers more productive and reap higher income.
[4/3/2026 12:11 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Also I come across a video put up by our PM about AI usefulness in Tik Tok whereby some netizens response are quite doubtful how AI can help them in their work and not replace them.
So I responded in the Tik Tok video showing them 2 examples how productive in using AI to generate:-
1. An apps for mobile phones as illustrated by PM in the video - to measure steps taken by smartphone holders within seconds.
2. How workers can generate software network configuration codes - that needs network software engineer deep knowledge and skillsets to tweak before can roll out to the company network instead of replacing the engineer.
Because the codes generated by AI ChatGpt contain flaws - whereby only experience engineers can pick it up and rectify it for company used without creating bugs for the company network.
Else the company network will crash or experience network problem and could be difficult or costly to fix.
[4/3/2026 12:12 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Prompt:- Create an apps to monitor my steps.
ChatGpt response:-
Great idea 👍 I’ll give you a simple Android step counter app using Kotlin that uses the phone’s built-in step sensor.
This works in Android Studio.
✅ Option 1: Simple Android Step Counter App (Kotlin)
1️⃣ Create New Project
Open Android Studio
New Project → Empty Activity
Language: Kotlin
Min SDK: API 21+
2️⃣ Add Permission (AndroidManifest.xml)
Add this inside <manifest>:
Xml
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<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION"/>
If targeting Android 10+, you must request runtime permission too (shown below).
3️⃣ Layout (res/layout/activity_main.xml)
Replace with:
Xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:gravity="center"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/stepText"
android:text="Steps: 0"
android:textSize="30sp"
android:textStyle="bold"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>
</LinearLayout>
4️⃣ MainActivity.kt
Replace everything inside:
Kotlin
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package com.example.stepcounter
import android.Manifest
import android.content.pm.PackageManager
import android.hardware.Sensor
import android.hardware.SensorEvent
import android.hardware.SensorEventListener
import android.hardware.SensorManager
import android.os.Build
import android.os.Bundle
import android.widget.TextView
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
import androidx.core.app.ActivityCompat
import androidx.core.content.ContextCompat
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), SensorEventListener {
private lateinit var sensorManager: SensorManager
private var stepSensor: Sensor? = null
private lateinit var stepText: TextView
private var initialSteps: Float? = null
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
stepText = findViewById(R.id.stepText)
sensorManager = getSystemService(SENSOR_SERVICE) as SensorManager
stepSensor = sensorManager.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_STEP_COUNTER)
requestPermission()
}
private fun requestPermission() {
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.Q) {
if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(
this,
Manifest.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION
) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED
) {
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(
this,
arrayOf(Manifest.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION),
100
)
}
}
}
override fun onResume() {
super.onResume()
stepSensor?.also {
sensorManager.registerListener(this, it, SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_UI)
}
}
override fun onPause() {
super.onPause()
sensorManager.unregisterListener(this)
}
override fun onSensorChanged(event: SensorEvent?) {
if (event != null) {
if (initialSteps == null) {
initialSteps = event.values[0]
}
val currentSteps = event.values[0] - initialSteps!!
stepText.text = "Steps: ${currentSteps.toInt()}"
}
}
override fun onAccuracyChanged(sensor: Sensor?, accuracy: Int) {
// Not needed
}
}
🎯 What This App Does
Uses phone’s hardware step counter
Shows steps since app opened
Works offline
Very battery efficient
🚀 Want Next Level?
I can upgrade it with:
✅ Daily reset at midnight
✅ Save step history (SQLite or Room DB)
[4/3/2026 12:12 pm] LCL (Danny 心): ✅ Calories burned calculation
✅ Distance walked
✅ Weekly graph
✅ Background tracking service
✅ Google Fit integration
✅ iPhone (Swift) version
Tell me:
Are you building for Android only?
Do you want it to track steps even when the app is closed?
Do you want a modern UI (Material Design style)?
I can build a more advanced version for you.
[4/3/2026 12:13 pm] LCL (Danny 心): [28/02, 1:14 pm] ☸️ Danny 心: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSmndLvbR/
@Babe:@Babe:What PM say is correct.
AI improve productivity tremendously, but cannot replace human judgement, deep knowledge, skillsets and experience.
Anyone can tell me what are some amendments needed on the cisco configuration codes before you can implement in your company's network to prevent problems?
[28/02, 1:15 pm] ☸️ Danny 心:
My Prompt:- Generate 2 routers connectivity with OSPF.
ChatGpt response:-
Here’s a simple 2-router connectivity configuration using OSPF on Cisco IOS.
🖧 Topology
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PC1 --- R1 -------- R2 --- PC2
| 10.0.0.0/30 |
IP Addressing
Device
Interface
IP Address
Subnet
R1
G0/0
192.168.1.1
/24
R1
G0/1
10.0.0.1
/30
R2
G0/0
192.168.2.1
/24
R2
G0/1
10.0.0.2
/30
🔹 Router 1 Configuration
Cisco
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enable
configure terminal
hostname R1
interface GigabitEthernet0/0
ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
no shutdown
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.252
no shutdown
router ospf 1
router-id 1.1.1.1
network 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
network 10.0.0.0 0.0.0.3 area 0
end
write memory
🔹 Router 2 Configuration
Cisco
Copy code
enable
configure terminal
hostname R2
interface GigabitEthernet0/0
ip address 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0
no shutdown
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
ip address 10.0.0.2 255.255.255.252
no shutdown
router ospf 1
router-id 2.2.2.2
network 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
network 10.0.0.0 0.0.0.3 area 0
end
write memory
✅ Verification Commands
On either router:
Cisco
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show ip ospf neighbor
show ip route ospf
show ip route
You should see:
R1 learns 192.168.2.0/24
R2 learns 192.168.1.0/24
OSPF neighbor state = FULL
🔐 Want Secure OSPF (MD5 Authentication)?
Tell me and I’ll regenerate the configuration with:
OSPF MD5 authentication
Passive interfaces
Better production-ready config
Let me know your lab platform:
Packet Tracer?
GNS3?
Real Cisco routers?
[28/02, 1:15 pm] ☸️ Danny 心:
@Babe:Let me give you the answer why human judgement and skills are necessary:-
1. AI generated ospf area 0 is a problem because area 0 is a backbone. If you use it blindly, all routing updates will flood your router and your router will soon experience slowness or even hang unless you buy very powerful routers which are very expensive.
2. You will need to change all the IP address into your company issued IP address.
3. You will need to create test cases to ensure the routing works. Eg. traceroute, ping, show ip route etc.
4. You may need to create access list if you want to filter off or block some IP address range to hit your routers.
Hence AI improve your productivity tremendously, but cannot replace experience software engineer skills, experience and judgement.
[28/02, 1:31 pm] ☸️ Danny 心:
@Babe:When does Area 0 become a scalability issue?
Problems happen when:
Large enterprise networks put everything into Area 0.
No route summarization.
No area segmentation.
Frequent topology changes.
In that case:
LSAs increase.
SPF recalculation increases CPU usage.
Memory usage increases.
This is a design issue.
[28/02, 1:37 pm] ☸️ Danny 心:
@Babe:So indeed if companies and CEOs think that just use AI and no need software engineers - then they are in for big trouble.
Microsoft use AI to write Windows 11 OS - fire thousands of software developers.
Outcomes:- 40% code errors. Many deliver OS hang on customer business.
Microsoft got to divert other software developers to do rectification, employ QC chief tech, reemploy retrenched software engineers, spend billions of $ more + reputation damage.
All the retrenchment savings from fired staff salary go down the drain and spend alot work on rework.
[4/3/2026 12:13 pm] Jerome Then: Why is there ChatGPT prompts
[4/3/2026 12:14 pm] LCL (Danny 心): Sorry I don't understand the question.
[4/3/2026 12:15 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
The ChatGpt prompts are provided by me to illustrate how quickly AI generated the codes.
This improve our productivity tremendously.
[4/3/2026 12:22 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
But cannot just copy and paste and hope it will work.
Need software engineers' knowledge, skillsets and experience to tweak, amend and debug as well as to provide test cases to test the codes generated by AI ChatGpt before it can be used and implemented.
Else problems and bugs could be introduced into the company IT system.
This is to reassure workers that their jobs are still secured and won't be replaced.
Also this is to illustrate to CEOs and bosses not to stop hiring workers or fire existing workers replacing it by AI - because like Microsoft, rectification works are far more costly.
Complementing workers with AI is the right approach to improve business profit and workers productivity.
[4/3/2026 12:33 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Yesterday not sufficient time to properly answer your questions.
1. Patriot PAC 3 indeed is a battle tested air defence system that can intercept ballistic missiles.
But it is very expensive - easily 1 and a half time more than other similar systems like Aster, Arrows etc.
2. Aster 30 got a few variants:-
a. Standard
b. Block 1
c. Block 1NT
Standard are designed to intercept cruise missiles, artillery rounds, fighter planes, helicopter, drones.
Standard price already cross 1 million per missile per shot.
Other variants cost more. Patriot easily 1 and a half time or twice the price - very expensive seah...
Block 1 can intercept ballistic missiles especially the short range one.
Whereas Block 1NT are designed to effectively intercept short range and long range ballistic missiles.
Aster systems are less costly than Patriot.
Having a good integrated radar 360 degrees will also be vital for the missiles system to be very effective.
[4/3/2026 12:38 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
But having say so, there are no foolproof air defence system with 100% interception.
Some penetration is still possible.
Eg. Bahrain US naval base get a direct hit from a ballistic missile despite being guarded by Patriots PAC 3 air defence system.
[4/3/2026 12:38 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
The best is diplomacy.
Don't fight.
[4/3/2026 12:41 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Also hunting down the ballistic missiles at the source, warehouse and the factory will still be the best approach to prevent its launch.
[4/3/2026 12:44 pm] 365: It's great that the gov is not taking the fear approach against AI, it is inevitable, and avoiding it will only set us back competitively against others who are embracing and engaging it
[4/3/2026 1:30 pm] G: @reachsg2 why are copy-pasted AI generated monologues continue to be tolerated by the admin?
[4/3/2026 1:36 pm] G: This needs to be talked about more:
SG food security. What happened to the self reliance goal?
How was the 30 by 30 goal dropped? Why was it dropped?
Why did it become more acceptable to import more of our food and become less self reliant?
COVID was a test of our self reliance. And it showed we are at the great mercy of global supply chains. And instead of doing more to enhance our food self reliance, money was wasted on "lab grown meat", local farms are priced out because of high utility and rent costs
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/watch/committee-supply-2026-debate-day-5-zaqy-mohamad-collective-urgency-boost-food-resilience-5969116
[4/3/2026 1:41 pm] Jun Ming: I think this year focus is ai
[4/3/2026 1:42 pm] Jun Ming: And I cannot say it's diverse as it only focus on Ai
[4/3/2026 1:43 pm] Jun Ming: While Ai is important we need to create a diverse type of skills not limited to ai
[4/3/2026 1:52 pm] 365: I don't think AI is an exclusive skill. It's about incorporating AI to improve or supplement existing ones. How you can make use of AI to help in what you already have.
That being said, I think schools should teach AI as an individual module instead of combining it with existing lessons. It may seem counterintuitive to the outcome, but we need to ensure that students have the foundational knowledge and use AI as an assistance and not a crutch.
[4/3/2026 2:01 pm] REACH Singapore: 📢 Topic 📢
[4/3/2026 2:12 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
I am not sure if AI one subject is good enough for AI users.
As far as I know, AI requires very broad knowledge eg.:-
1. GAI - Generative AI
2. LLM - Large Language Model - ChatGpt type
3. Multi modal AI - video, image, speech, text
4. Computer Vision
5. Neural network
6. AGI - Artificial General Intelligence, Agentic AI.
7. Knowledge distillation - DeepSeek type
8. Data Analytics
9. NLP - natural language processing
10. Machine learning, python programming.
11. Deep learning
12. Reinforced learning
13. Supervised learning
14. Transformers
15. Adversarial neural networks (GAN - generative adversarial network)
Etc etc
Also need very strong foundation in maths, statistics eg. Linear algebra , calculus, optimisation, probability, etc.
[4/3/2026 2:14 pm] 365: That's in the context of AI development. The gov is not expecting everyone to be involved in AI development, but to be able to leverage AI to improve existing efficiency. For example there are certain tasks that can be done manually, maybe on excel, using AI you can get the results much faster, but of course also have to verify for accuracy.
[4/3/2026 2:15 pm] 365: I personally have used it to help me create tables to view and compare data, what would've taken me a couple minutes, can be shorten to less than 10s. Also have used it to scour the net for very obscure documentation, saving me lots of time for the sourcing effort.
[4/3/2026 2:17 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Understand.
That's why when people say I want to study AI in one subject, I stare at him with my mouth wide.
Because I don't know how is it possible.
This need government direction how to structure the AI course:-
1. For AI users
2. For AI developers
3. For AI R&D
I think what come to my mind about AI is the AI R&D type.
AI very complex - human brain in a machine.
I got no clue how to make it simpler.
[4/3/2026 3:12 pm] LCL (Danny 心): My close friend comments:-
[04/03, 2:57 pm] Close friend comments: A few months back, I went to China, Fujian, 莆田，湄洲岛。I was awed that the hotel room has an AI assistant.
I arrived at night and was told there were no switches for lights, curtains, aircon and AI assistant 小度 should assist me.
When I entered I was greeted with darkness and remembered 小度 so I shouted (no idea where they place the AI assistant)
Me : 小度！
小度 ：我在！
😳 impressed and found a digital clock has changed its interface into 2 eyes turning as though searching for me.
Me : 开灯！
And lights came on 👍
Then I noticed the curtains were not drawn close. Someone from outside can look into my room.
Me : 小度！关窗帘！
Curtains drawn close 👍
Then I decided to make comments instead of giving instructions
Me ：小度！
小度 ：我在！
Me : 空调太冷了！
小度 ：那我帮您调至29度
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
[04/03, 3:08 pm] Close friend comments: 湄洲岛 is far from a “一线” city in China. So I asked myself whether this was just how pervasive they have tested and implemented AI. Simple, yet real use cases.
We have smart home devices, lights, curtains, robots and other forms of IoTs.
If we could persuade, incentivising the likes of AI assistants to interface and integrate with them for hotels, offices and homes then Singapore as a whole will look very intelligent!
Real use cases.
So far, we kept hearing AI as a very generic term.
[4/3/2026 3:16 pm] LCL (Danny 心): Very good use case - integration of iOT with AI.
As iOT are IP based and can be network up, introducing AI into iOT within an organisation network will highly improve the productivity of the hotel.
Our hospitality industry should explore such AI usage.
Profit up, workers productivity up.
[4/3/2026 3:18 pm] LCL (Danny 心): Because it can remotely and centrally managed by the hotel in its data centre.
No need to keep sending staff to each room one by one unless there are problem.
[4/3/2026 3:22 pm] LCL (Danny 心): Eg. A light bulb in one hotel room faulty.
As an iOT device, it will be monitored through SNMP within the network that will show up in the NMS system (Network Management System) with a red icon indicating it is down at the hotel data centre.
Only then send a hotel staff to rectify or change.
No need staff to go room by room to check.
[4/3/2026 3:24 pm] LCL (Danny 心): But the iOT, IP network and AI must have strong cybersecurity put in place.
Because if a skillful IT hackers stay in the hotel room, he can hack the iOT and penetrate the hotel IP network.
[4/3/2026 3:24 pm] Jun Ming: I heard there's a hospital have no doctor. Only ai
[4/3/2026 3:25 pm] Jun Ming: I hope Singapore won't be like this
[4/3/2026 3:25 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Hahaha...
Unlikely because no patients will trust AI only.
[4/3/2026 3:25 pm] Jun Ming: Later police station only ai no police officer
[4/3/2026 3:26 pm] Jun Ming: Like some police kiose no police officer
[4/3/2026 3:27 pm] Jun Ming: Which I really oppose the idea. As making police report I need to search around which station have actual police officer
[4/3/2026 3:30 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Don't worry.
It will not be.
Let me relate a real use case.
When my one relative was sick, I prompt the ChatGpt for diagnosis and medication.
Flu medicine, cough medicine, medicine to loosen phlegm.
But when my relative go see doctor, the doctor diagnosis is sinus running nose that produce phelgm and stuck at the chest.
My relative use the nasal spray once or twice and then stop using.
But instead buy flu medicine in ChatGpt to eat.
But didn't recover.
Then my relative go back to the same Polyclinic the 4th time, and told another doctor a fierce Singh what she did.
The Singh doctor scold her - why don't you take the Nasal spray, it solve the root cause.
Those flu medicine only cushion the symptoms and don't treat your illness.
After my relative take the nasal spray faithfully for 1 week recover already.
[4/3/2026 3:39 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
My relative told me sheepishly, the Singh very fierce.
I told her, sometimes you will need some fierce doctor to educate you.
I coax you, you don't listen.
I scold you, you argue with me.
I say when I was a child, when I naughty, my parents will use fierce "Bayi Singh" - tall, strong, with beard, standing with long rifle guarding a bank to scare me. Then I quickly take the medicine to recover.
Now this Singh doctor is the fierce doctor to make you take the medicine prescribed by the Polyclinic to recover.
Don't use ChatGpt AI to become your own "uncertified doctor".
She laugh uncontrollablly.
So AI won't replace doctor's jobs.
Don't worry.
[4/3/2026 3:41 pm] Andy: Obviously not when the diagnoses is generated via simple prompts. Common sense.
Will AI disrupt? Combined with robotics and automation, I believe it is likely.
Self-service machines to take temperature, to collect nasal fluid, cameras to take videos/image of your throat, POC testing, etc, combined with standard prompts... may just have what it takes to replace a doctor.
[4/3/2026 3:42 pm] Andy: As long as customer feels there is no need for a physical doctor, cost is low, wait time is low, approved by HSA or other relevant authorities, piloted and proven to work.. there is a very good chance of that happening.
[4/3/2026 3:44 pm] Andy: From my crystal ball... I say maybe in 20 years we'll have something good and working for simple day to day illnesses.
[4/3/2026 3:46 pm] LCL (Danny 心): My close friend comments:-
Roll back to 1.5 years at Beijing. I put up at an above average hotel, maybe got 4 stars.
One morning I was greeted by a cleaning robot moving towards me and turning into the lift lobby.
So I stood behind it and wondering if there were someone remotely controlling it. I didn't press the lift but the lift stopped at our level, presuming for the robot.
The robot entered the lift and I entered behind it.
At some levels, the lift opened and let the robot out.
So, there were some form of interfacing and integration between the lift and robots to reach the next level of automation.
Maybe there was a control room of robot supervisors helping out?
On that same trip, there were other occasions where the lift would stop at certain level and a robot would request us, lift passengers, to make room for "him" as he entered the lift.
I could also see the robots streaming past hotel lobby into their service room, presuming to discharge garbage and recharged.
One evening I returned to my room and couldn't find my USB cable.
Small matter, but I have to get another one to charge my phone.
Then I remembered I could had dropped it onto the floor and makan away by the robot?
I called the service desk and they could quickly act to confirm that they had not picked up my cable. Finally, after a thorough search, I found my USB cable behind the curtains. Robot must have pushed it there 😅.
So another level of integration and interface can bring us to the next level of productivity and smartness, efficiency and image.
[4/3/2026 3:53 pm] Andy: If it's in your room then cannot be robot la... either is the cleaner accidentally or you blur knock it to the side 😂
[4/3/2026 4:01 pm] REACH Singapore: Ministry of Education (MOE) COS speech
[4/3/2026 4:10 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
My close friend comments:-
Robots are the primary cleaners.
[4/3/2026 5:58 pm] LCL (Danny 心): [04/03, 5:53 pm] Close friend comments:
Israeli spies ‘hacked every traffic camera in Tehran to plot killing of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’ - Yahoo News Singapore https://share.google/yemGQVm363h8O1ZNo
[04/03, 5:55 pm] Close friend comments: I won't even consider traffic cameras are part of critical infrastructure. But when hacked, can use to track down impt people leading to assassination.
[04/03, 5:57 pm] ☸️ Danny 心: Yes.
Israelis very technically sound.
Also alot of very good IT people and hackers.
They can collect alot of intelligence from CII infrastructure and track down targeted people.
What UNC3886 do to our CII, I also worried.
[4/3/2026 6:03 pm] REACH Singapore: 📢 Topic 📢
[4/3/2026 6:05 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Traffic cameras are CII.
If you see the movie diehard 4, APT hackers hack traffic lights from red to green, green to red causing whole city chaos - as cars bang into one another at road traffic junction.
Very devastating.
[4/3/2026 6:10 pm] LCL (Danny 心):
Close friend comments: If we are so connected, then everything is critical...
[04/03, 6:09 pm] ☸️ Danny 心:
Yes.
Theoretically, if APT hackers take control over all CIIs, the whole city can be destroyed akin to carpet bombing in a war.
No joke...
[4/3/2026 6:22 pm] RY: I am glad to see the govt setting up of new schools for special needs children
Sametime, I hope the govt may also render more assistance to special needs adults too
Bec most special needs adults do not have the earning capacity after graduating fm SPED school by age 18
Even if some can work, but they earn little, not even enough for their own livelihood
However, I dont see much govt assistance given to family with special needs adults (those after 18)
Families are still required to take care of their special needs adults after SPED graduation (18yr old), as they aged over the years
So far MINDs seems to be the main institution, as a training grounds for adults with intellectual disability
And I understand the waiting lists to enter Minds is quite long, due to limited trainees vacancy
If there is increase in special needs children, there is certainly also increase in special needs adults too, as they will eventually grow up and aged
Family caregiving to special needs adults are even more challenging to special needs children, when they grow up
Seems there isnt much govt support to family caregivers with special needs adults .... except income tax
Govt seems to focus more on special needs children rather than special needs adults ....
With increasing special needs population, hope the govt may also expand and give more support to the social service industry workers also
[4/3/2026 6:31 pm] RY: Glad to see govt given more support to blue collar workers eg electrician/technicians
As any working society, it consists both blue and white collar workers
In aussie, blue collar workers are actually more well paid, due to its technical skills requirement and limited labour
Germany has quite a gd apprenticeship education, which SG may learn from them
In SG, most people may view blue collar workers as lowly education
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[4/3/2026 6:46 pm] RY: As our govt going towards a AI country, just rem there is still a grp of vulnerable/handicapped/elderly, whom unable to catch up due to their limited/low literacy
Country has to grow/advance, but not all people is able to catch up with all these technology advancement together
Hope more assistance render to this illiteracy grp also
I am still req to assist my family with singpass/healthhub/med appts and etc, bec of their low literacy
Meantime I also have to attend AI course to upgrade, and catch up, as my country advancing sametime
If I dont learn, how I assist my illiterate family members in future ?
SkillsFuture credits certainly is gd initiative by Govt
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