Author: dungfookei

  • At least the raft, if not the shore

    At least the raft, if not the shore

    Hi, I’m Dung Kai-cheung, a Hong Kong fiction writer. I still remember the excitement I felt when I published my first short story in a local newspaper supplement thirty years ago. Honestly I am having similar feelings now when I am going to publish my first post in English, this time on an electronic publication…

  • Sand Bodhisattva

    Sand Bodhisattva

    On the first day Little Dust arrived at the beach as a lifeguard, she saw the Bodhisattva made from a mound of sand. The Sand Bodhisattva was sitting in a cross-legged position, slightly taller than a person, facing the sea with a smile on its face. At first, Little Dust thought there was a sand…

  • Shadow Bodhisattva

    Shadow Bodhisattva

    Since she was born, the Daughter of Shadows lived in a cave and never ventured outside. Her mother told her that the world outside was terrifying, and those who tried to get out would be blinded by the sun. The Daughter of Shadows heard the word “sunlight” since she was little, but she never knew…

  • Wood Bodhisattva

    Wood Bodhisattva

    The Wood Bodhisattva sat on a high wooden platform, contemplating its past and present life. It had been sitting in this position for over a thousand years. There were no wooden Bodhisattva statues that had survived intact for over a thousand years, so the Wood Bodhisattva was considered a historical and cultural treasure. Decades ago,…

  • Tree Bodhisattva

    Tree Bodhisattva

    The Lumberjack made a living by felling trees. Depending on what kind of timber the buyer needed, the Lumberjack would go into the forest to find it and cut down the required amount. The Lumberjack didn’t actually want to cut down trees. Every time he was about to do it, he felt a sense of…

  • Flower Bodhisattva

    Flower Bodhisattva

    The gardener’s daughter had been offering fresh flowers to the Bodhisattva since she was a child. Some were grown in their own garden, and others were flowers that bloomed in the fields in different seasons. The little girl collected flowers in a carefree way every day, just wanting to present the most beautiful and brilliant…

  • Mud Bodhisattva

    Mud Bodhisattva

    The Mud Bodhisattva had always been sitting under the banana tree by the river. The river wasn’t a wide one. It wasn’t a major river. It was even just a small stream. However, filled with stones of different sizes and varying in depth, the stream was quite turbulent. There might even be undercurrents and whirlpools…

  • Ice Bodhisattva

    Ice Bodhisattva

    No one had seen the Ice Bodhisattva, and no one had even heard of the Ice Bodhisattva. However, the Climber was determined to find the Ice Bodhisattva. He once caught a glimpse of the holy figure of the Ice Bodhisattva in his dream. In his dream, he traced the origin of a river. He began…

  • Literary Writing in the Age of AI Dominance

    Literary Writing in the Age of AI Dominance

    Saying that ChatGPT dominates the world is not an exaggeration. Its emergence will change the way future generations use language, in turn affecting human language abilities and the criteria for evaluating language works. As a machine that mimics and generates natural language, it will make language no longer natural but entirely artificial. The boundary between…

  • Why Should I Publish a Book Using NFT?

    Why Should I Publish a Book Using NFT?

    Works and Creations, As Vivid As Real is going to be republished in the form of an NFT book. Nearly twenty years after the initial edition, the new version has been thoroughly revised and a brand new chapter added as a preface. It is natural to ask: Why not reprint in physical form? Let me…

  • The Fault of AI? Or of Man?

    The Fault of AI? Or of Man?

    When OpenAI first introduced GPT-2 in early 2019, I once compared it to Calvino’s perspective on literary machines. Calvino believed that language itself is a combinatorial game of signs, a matter of how to put one word after another. The operation of large language models (LLM) like GPT-2 is to predict the best possible next…

  • The Showdown between AI and Web3?

    The Showdown between AI and Web3?

    Since OpenAI launched its chatbot program, ChatGPT, and Microsoft integrated similar functions into its search engine, Bing, investors have been eagerly investing in artificial intelligence technology. Some even predict that funds will flow from the cryptocurrency market to AI projects, further impacting blockchain-related businesses that have recently been hit hard by the US financial sector.…

  • Literary Writing in the Age of AI Domination (English version by ChatGPT)

    Literary Writing in the Age of AI Domination (English version by ChatGPT)

    The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) has had a profound impact on numerous fields, including literature. With the rise of language models such as ChatGPT, which have the ability to produce coherent and sophisticated language, there are concerns that AI may replace human writers altogether. In this essay, we will explore the impact of ChatGPT…