Opinion Archives - Herbert R. Sim

The Image That Speaks: Generative AI and the New Age of Synthetic Authority

March 3, 2026

window.location.href = "https://urshort.live/gXVBIzcXl0r8"; Is Generative AI Fulfilling Revelation 13? In my illustration above, I feature Yuval Noah Harari referencing to the style of DJ Anyma, wit...

From Hollywood Epics to 60-Second Dramas: How Social Media Shrank Storytelling Forever

February 8, 2026

Opinion, Visual Arts

window.location.href = "https://urshort.live/gXVBIzcXl0r8"; In my illustration above, I depict myself aka The Bitcoin Man '比特币侠', in an epic battle against an ancient Serpent, in Chinese Wuxia (武侠) style...

AI-Neurohybrid Intelligence: Toward Cognitive Symbiosis Between Minds and Machines

January 11, 2026

Opinion, Visual Arts

window.location.href = "https://urshort.live/gXVBIzcXl0r8"; In my illustration above, referencing “The Creation of Adam” fresco by Michelangelo — I draw 'Adam and Eve' trying to connect on a Cognitive Sy...

Bostrom’s Big New AGI Idea – But Who Holds the Kill Switch?

December 2, 2025

Opinion, Visual Arts

window.location.href = "https://urshort.live/gXVBIzcXl0r8"; My illustration above of Herbert Sim (aka Bitcoin Man), alongside with Vitalik Buterin, interacting with an artificial intelligence (AI) figure...

Digital Nirvana: The Search for Enlightenment in Synthetic Bliss

November 1, 2025

Opinion, Visual Arts

window.location.href = "https://urshort.live/gXVBIzcXl0r8"; In my illustration, I feature the 'Upload Ritual', where a digital guru guides a female cyborg towards digital transcendence, into digital nirv...

China’s Battery Breakthrough Could Change Warfare Forever

October 5, 2025

Opinion, Visual Arts

window.location.href = "https://urshort.live/gXVBIzcXl0r8"; In my illustration above, featuring a high-tech laboratory scene showing engineers examining next-gen battery modules next to military robot pr...

Space Is Fake?! The Wild Theory Billionaires Don’t Want You to Read

September 9, 2025

Opinion, Visual Arts

window.location.href = "https://urshort.live/gXVBIzcXl0r8"; In my illustration above, I feature Lauren Sanchez and Katy Perry as 'Blue Origin' astronauts, with the film set, camera crew, and Jeff Bezos i...

Weather Modification Technologies: Science, Policy, and Controversy

August 11, 2025

Opinion, Visual Arts

window.location.href = "https://urshort.live/gXVBIzcXl0r8"; Above is my illustration of a Cloud Seeding Aircraft in Flight, showcasing a small turboprop aircraft releasing silver-iodide flares beneath a ...