AI Philosophy Competition
Two essays completed through Zachary Goodsell's AI Philosophy Competition.
AI SAFETY / GOVERNANCE / COMMUNICATIONS / PRODUCT
My work connects governance, communications, and product design. I turn open questions into interactive tools, programs, and clear public narratives.
AI SAFETY / COURSEWORK, PROGRAMS, AND WRITING
I have pursued structured coursework, competitive programs, and philosophical writing. My current essay asks when an AI system may understand something its overseer cannot.
Two essays completed through Zachary Goodsell's AI Philosophy Competition.
Completed BlueDot Impact's AGI Strategy Course and received a certificate.
Accepted into AISC, extending my engagement with structured AI-safety work and community.
“Risk tracks the decoder gap: what the acting model can decode minus what its overseer (safety training, a guard model, or a monitor) can decode.”
Developing thesis, paraphrased for this portfolio.
FLAGSHIP PROJECT / PROOF OF EXECUTION
01 / SHIPPED AND LIVERespect Under Uncertainty is an interactive governance project about potential machine self-awareness. It asks people to make a decision without treating uncertain evidence as proof or dismissal.
Potential machine experience creates a three-sided governance failure: assume too readily, dismiss too quickly, or remain unprepared while uncertainty persists.
Five fictional cases ask people to separate evidence, incentives, human risk, and possible welfare. A constrained model then pressure-tests the decision without acting as an oracle.
The next stage is expert review, facilitated pilots, stronger evaluation, and an open toolkit that safety practitioners and educators can adapt.
HOW I WORK / FOUR PRACTICAL MODES
02 / GENERALIST RANGETRAJECTORY / SKILLS THAT LED HERE
03 / SIGNALS CONVERGEPolitical science taught me to study institutions. Audience-building taught me how ideas move. Speculative writing taught me to make future choices concrete. I now apply those skills to AI safety.
Studied how institutions distribute power and govern what they cannot fully predict.
Built a 300K-person media community and learned how trust, framing, and incentives move attention.
Developed fiction and visual work about AI, climate, identity, and institutional choice.
Shipped an interactive lab that turns moral uncertainty into a concrete decision process.
BEST VERSION PROJECT / OPEN TO COLLABORATION
I am looking for collaborators and teams working on problems that require research, project design, clear communication, and steady execution.