QI-MEI JAMIE TANG
Design
Design is not my cup of tea. But I can't leave work unfinished (like my portfolio!).
In the spring of 2023, I co-led the publication of a print issue for the first time. I had to push myself to ensure we finished on time, burning the midnight oil all week. I designed my first-ever spread on artificial intelligence, clocking in countless hours trying to decipher InDesign. Finally, my perfectionism proved an asset, not a detriment, as I shook my head at each misaligned text. Together, as a team, we crank in issue after issue.
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Chat GPT. A blessing or curse?
Early in 2023, I started using a tool called GrammarlyGO to evaluate the tone of my writing. At the time, I was very against using AI in any capacity. I felt that AI robbed the point of writing. I was unaware that GrammarlyGO was an example of generative AI until I started to look into AI, starting from ChatGPT and the game Go. I realized that ChatGPT was playing a growing role in the lives of students and teachers. While I was against ChatGPT, I knew I had to investigate this highly relevant topic. I started experimenting with ChatGPT to get a better sense of its possibilities.
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While designing the artificial intelligence spread, I took inspiration from a brutal efficiency of a production chain — repetitive work aimed at creating identical final products. I noted many design processes that artificial intelligence could simplify, such as generating symmetrical rods instead of drawing them individually and placing them side-by-side for size comparison (which took me over ten hours of trial and error) or pasting and resizing the logos of different tools powered by ChatGPT. I wanted to ensure that all the rods were as symmetrical as possible for a modern look. Through editing the pro-con articles, I also recognized that ChatGPT's writing lacked the rawness of the human voice.
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Since then, I have become much more appreciative of designers and open about ChatGPT as a tool inside and outside the classroom. However, I remain weary about the long-term impact of ChatGPT on human creativity and self-expression.
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Advising
Samples from Discord conversation with Shawn Ray, the man behind the programming of the online Go service Baduk Club.
See Baduk News here.
I became a leader in the Baduk News project by accident.
Baduk Club's founder, Devin Fraze, always pioneers new tools for the Go community, resulting in hundreds of ongoing projects and overfilled inboxes. Freelance journalist Jae Matson and I volunteered as writers for the Baduk News project, but we realized our journalism background was essential to the project's development. As the Baduk Club team developed Baduk News, I received countless questions about areas for improvement. I was happy to help, and the Baduk Club team was very receptive to feedback. I realize that forcing my adherence to the AP style would discourage people. I try to provide constructive feedback that gets closer to the AP style's fundamental principles, like ensuring that photographers and writers are credited, which is a reoccurring issue in the Western Go community.
Since Matson and I shared a different vision for a Go publication than Baduk Club's relaxed approach, we declined the title of Co-Editors. Regardless, we enjoy occasionally advising the project and appreciate the value that Baduk News brings to the Go community.
Ray was very receptive to my many feedback. After this conversation, Ray created a home page and personalization, among many other features, that gradually transformed Baduk News from a blog list to a news source. These features attracted a wide spread of Go players and organizations to contribute to Baduk News.
Today, new content is regularly published by different authors. Readers can access various content, from reports on American Go Association board meetings to heartfelt reviews.
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