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I work on the soft edges of human–computer cognition — where neuroscience meets craft and software learns to listen. Currently building tools for attention, memory, and care. Founder of Augmentation Lab.·· hover ··
Photographs
Writing
The Future of Human–AI Symbiosis
A near-future sketch of a personal AI that lives at the jaw, speaks through bone conductance, and acts as your augmented second inner voice.
Applying to the MIT Media Lab
Subjective reflections after a year inside — what the admissions game actually looks like, what fellowships really buy you, and who should think twice.
Open-Source Wearable AI — Wikipedia 2044 ↗
A speculative Wikipedia article from 2044, imagining how open-source wearable AI displaced closed platforms — and what we paid for it. Honorable mention · MIT Envisioning the Future of Computing essay competition.
Projects
Augmentation Lab ↗
A 1,000+ member global community of philosopher-builders developing human enhancement tech across AI, BCI, wearables, XR, and low-tech tools. Three summer residencies, 50+ projects, 45 fellows, the Human Augmentation Summit (300+ attendees).
A(I)nimism — AI is the new god
"The world used to be a sacred place, full of chatty and companionable objects." A portal enabling you to speak with the spirit in each object. Multimodal AI bringing life back to things.
NeuroChat ↗
A neuroadaptive AI tutor that combines generative AI with real-time EEG to personalize learning. Closed-loop adjustment of complexity, style, and pacing. With Pattie Maes. CUI '25.
Measuring Confusion with EEG & Eye-Tracking ↗
Detecting reading-induced confusion through EEG and eye-tracking signals — toward interfaces that notice when a reader gets lost. With Pattie Maes.
AI Avatars for Dating ↗
Data-driven AI avatars exploring depth and authenticity in digital dating beyond swipe-based valuation. With Pattie Maes.
Society of Scientists
1st place at the AGI House × Sundai AI Agents Hackathon at MIT. 9 specialized AI agents on Jamba long-context models that read literature, brainstorm, and draft a grant proposal from a single research prompt.
Publications
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- 2024paper
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- 2021book
Ideas
Mirrors don't help you grow.
If your personal AI only ever says yes to you, it's not a symbiont. It's a mirror. And mirrors don't help you grow — they just confirm you.
A second skin, not a helper.
What if every human had a small, private, sovereign language model that only spoke to them — trained only on their own writing, voice, and behavior? Not a helper. Not a product. A second skin.
Augmentation is a verb.
Not a category of product. It's been done to humans since fire. The question was never whether, only by whom and for whom.
Mind the signal.
Some pages don't want to be found. The interesting ones often don't.
What is the technology for?
Philosopher-builder: someone who asks what the technology is for before they can ship it.
Build for your grandchildren.
Build the tech you want your future grandchildren to inherit. Not the tech you want to demo next quarter.