I am figuring out how we end factory farming given AGI and new funding to the cause.
I am the San Francisco Lead for Senterra Funders, the coordination org for the animal welfare movement. I am a donor advisor for new donors in tech and AI interested in animal welfare. Please contact me if you’d like donation advice.
I live in San Francisco, CA. I am from Sydney, Australia.
Previously in my far more technical AI/ML life:
- I got a masters degree in mathematics and statistics
- I was a quant in high frequency trading
- I was a leading ML researcher in alternative protein (vegan food product RnD). You can read some takes like why the bottleneck to AI solving lab-grown meat will be taste
- I built out AI applications for a trucking startup and have takes on how to build good AI products
I co-founded Couchers.org, a nonprofit we created during COVID to replace Couchsurfing after they started charging people to allow them to host people in their homes for free. We have about 100k users.
I am the Editor-in-Chief of VILF.org, a comprehensive vegan companion to San Francisco. I also run the VILF blog, where I occasionally post gripes and love letters to foods like why caring about food waste is dumb and the glory of Vlasic’s Pickle Balls.
Other Things
Music
I have played the violin for over 20 years. I play with San Francisco Civic Music and sometimes with the Awesome Orchestra and a string quartet.
I’m very into 20th-century classical music. I have taken several courses in music theory and have previously composed pieces for chamber groups. For an intro to 20th-century music, check out this playlist.
Food
I have eaten a lot, and I have a lot of opinions. I’m a big fan of cooking. I frequently organize home-cooked dinners and outings with my friends. My three favorite vegetables are eggplant, cauliflower, and cucumber.
Please check out my 🍲 Recipes.
Travel
I’ve been to a whole bunch of places! I like to collect carpets in every country I travel to. Through travel, I discovered couchsurfing, which later led me to co-founding Couchers.org.
Community Building
I host various potlucks and other vegan events with my partner Xander Balwit. We aim to grow an empire that will culminate in a vegan charter city.