Al Harkan's Blog
On Media, Technology, and Everything in Between
Indonesian Hoaxes: 2024 Wrapped
In 2024, Indonesia held what was described as the world's largest single-day election. But alongside the democratic process, another battle was raging: the fight against hoaxes.
How the University Lost Its Way
"The consequences of this college degree crisis are now painfully clear. We have a system where the cost of attending university has become a barrier to the very social mobility it is supposed to provide."
Draft a Research Paper in One Minute
As a weekend project, I made an app that helps you rapidly iterate on research ideas, complete with a real bibliography. I call this app Outliner.
Inztagram
When I learned that Claude could explain concepts neatly with illustrative diagrams, I knew I wanted an app that did exactly that. So, I built one.
One Mindmap to Learn Anything
What if ChatGPT always answered in mindmaps? I made this app to help students & researchers read & understand any paper 10x faster. In its later iteration, it can now answer any question and process any URL.
Enaiblr Search
I made a search engine —that helps you find the best AI tools on the Internet, to prove a point: AI has now enabled everyone to build apps on their own.
The Quadrant of All Knowledge
Melihat realitas hanya dari satu sumbu, itu ibarat melihat hanya dengan satu mata. Bisa, tapi kita kehilangan kedalaman dan dimensinya. Karena pada dasarnya realitas itu kompleks dan utuh, tapi kita, melalui ilmu pengetahuan, yang mengotak-kotakkan.
Llama Science Creator
Back in September, I took a small leap and signed up for a hackathon. I’m no developer by trade, but that’s exactly why I did it.
Aspirasi Pendaftaran S3 di Indonesia
Kenapa biaya pendaftaran S3 di kampus dalam negeri bisa tiga kali lipat dibanding processing fee daftar ke NTU, misalnya. Lalu yang diunggulkan apa, kalau daftar lebih mahal, seleksi dipersulit, tapi kualitas kampus masih di bawah kampus-kampus luar negeri.
AI Advancement for Research
One great promise of this technology in research is that we get to have our own assistant to handle tedious tasks, even report writing, So that researchers can allocate their time to more valuable work —observation, experiments, dissemination, etc.