AI data scientist. theoretical neuroscientist. consciousness theorizer. social tech entrepreneur.
I'm currently working at Apple on Siri. On the website Quora, I
write about neuroscience,
AI, and Consciousness (1000+ articles, 60k followers)
inspired by my time at the
UC Berkeley Redwood Center
for Theoretical Neuroscience. I am a one-time software entrepreneur
with interests at the intersection of psychology, society, AI,
neuroscience, and technology strategy.
Most recently, I've been
leading data science teams
as a Data Science Manager at
Apple (AIML Siri),
Uber,
Quora, and
Facebook,
with projects spanning user engagement optimization, machine learning,
and conversational modeling.
While at the UC Berkeley Theoretical Neuroscience Center
as a visiting scholar I worked on
computational models
of spiking neural networks in vision.
Earlier in my career I founded two software companies,
one of which was an early social networking company started at
the same time as LinkedIn and Facebook. I started out as a
software engineer at
NeXT
(a Steve Jobs company) and Oracle
after studying computer science at Harvard.
Clubhouse/Podcast: In 2021-2022, I hosted the Neuro+AI+Consciousness conversation series on the Clubhouse mobile app, some of which are recorded. For a list of past conversation events and transcripts, click here.