my name is jay. i’m a relapsing ex-philosopher specialising in philosophy of mind & cognitive/evolutionary psychology.
these days i’m especially interested in: conscious/sentient AI (can AI feel things?), affective computing (how to simulate emotion in artificial systems?), & explainable AI (how to understand complex AI systems?), as well as AI governance.
i’m also currently resuming art after a decade-long hiatus. at the moment i’m focusing on figure drawing.
i average between 40-50k minutes/year on spotify, & ≥80% of my music diet is new material.
one of the four books i’m currently reading: taipei by tao lin. described by literary scholars as “an aesthetic experiment in autistic jouissance”. the other three on rotation: house of leaves by mark z. danielewski, a severed head by iris murdoch, & the ministry for the future, by kim stanley robinson.
i’m usually based in tbilisi, georgia, a city which has quickly captured my heart. for the month of july, i will be in yerevan, armenia.