I'm endeavoring to do the most good I can. I co-founded Eon as a public benefit corporation whose mission is to create reliable, scalable, and provably human emulation of intelligence from neurobiological detail.
Eon
I'm working on making human emulation (aka mind uploading) an actual option for humanity in the next decade and one I think is a safer path to superintelligence. We'll also make AI better and more human, as well as start to understand the brain and intelligence along the way. www.eon.systems
Previously
At Fathom/Atomos I worked on strategy, recruiting, fundraising, and building optical computers and optical networking systems. I've investigated alternative computing methods like superconducting single quantum flux logic and done hands-on Si and Nb microfabrication. Now advising as my brother runs it with a cracked team of electronics, optical engineers and physicists. Also it’s pivoted to robotics. www.atomos.systems
Before that I co-founded an electron microscopy DNA sequencing company--Halcyon Molecular which aimed to build tools to understand the genetic basis of health and disease. I developed a method for high-volume nano-manipulation of single DNA strands as well as helped grow and lead Halcyon into a 50-person company where we developed a novel method of length-independent DNA sequencing, a mass-producible high-speed electron microscope (continuing on as Mochii), many novel organometalic cluster labels, and various microfabricated thinfilm supports. www.halcyon.cm
Links
Films/Movies/TV showsGreat video calls A Portable Sleep Sanctuary (draft)
Utility Equation (very draft)Big List of Meaningful Projects (draft in progress)Some Interests
The future of life, global priorities research (working on an equation to help prioritize causes), longtermism, machine intelligence, effective altruism, AI safety, unconventional computing, organ preservation, transhumanism, constant improvement, productivity, archiving, self-identity, productivity, connectomics, whole brain emulation, population ethics. I'd like to see more experiments testing the simulation hypothesis.
