Python for Kids -- for Adult. Coding can be fun, give it a try.

Stumbled into this book at local library, amongst many others. Python coding examples in this book are really fun and the illustrations are great! Kids nowadays are so lucky (!). Adults with some spare time should enjoy this too! (hopefully).

BOOK: Computer Coding Python Projects For Kids

by Carol Vorderman

https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Coding-Python-Projects-Step/dp/0241286867#:~:text=Book%20overview&text=Computer%20Coding%20Python%20for%20Kids%20uses%20a%20hands%2Don%20approach,have%20fun%20as%20they%20learn.

Sometimes we make assumption that if one has access to library, Internet, or a great amount of knowledge, then they will automatically be aspired to learn and discover more. Well, not always the case! Not everyone will be interesting to code after all. Even if everyone can code.

Even as a geek, I think it takes a bit of some brain coordination and spare some time to find the one you most interested in and then really dig into it, to actually learn and have some tinkering.

Recently in year 2023, when I first play around with AI Image Generation and ChatGPT, I started to feel more geeky and nerdy than before.

I am I randomly touch the basic of programming here and there, but I think I can now have a bit more confident to explore with AI companion.

I don't know how others think of coding, maybe everyone has different ways to get into coding. I like coding like I like to try musical instruments, maybe drawing tools to make random drawings, maybe a little bit like video games. Try the game, understand the mechanism, find some challenges, then proceed.

Recently I like to tinker with AI Generation Tools like Stable Diffusion, Dall-E 3, and also there are many tools to try locally to tinker with this "noise" that endlessly generate images, based on text prompt with some controls. Things get a bit faster like using Latent Consistency Model, LCM, or even a bit more nicer with SDXL. Who knows what tomorrow will bring. We have paid one like Midjourney, and also ability for ChatGPT to use DallE with text chat. It's amazing time.

Controversially aside, with AI and "knowledge of everything" and ability to request "anything" we could use AI to smoother communication between human beings -- hopefully. We should get back to being curious and share knowledge and skills. Despite competition cannot be any higher, there is a really higher value to be able to teach your knowledge and explore new areas that's often missed because too much focus is on the profit and commercial sides. Not every ART and KNOWLEDGE has to be commercially approved.

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