In the 1950s and 60s, Singapore was poor, crowded and unstable. Most families lived in slums or wooden shacks. Streets flooded, rubbish piled up, and disease spread easily. Housing:  The Bukit Ho Swee fire  in 1961 left thousands homeless and showed how unsafe housing had become. Sanitation:  Only half the population had proper toilets. Many used “night soil” buckets that were emptied by hand, or just did it in the streets. Health:  Illnesses like cholera and smallpox were co

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has announced plans to relax ChatGPT’s safety restrictions, including the possible introduction of adult-only content for verified users. His words: “As part of our ‘treat adult users like adults’ principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.” Altman is the public face of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, and one of Silicon Valley’s most influential voices shaping how AI meets everyday life. I read his blog and tweets becau

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