The Middle Way of Friction
The art of making things easy, but not too easy.
Artificial Intelligence • Philosophy • Writing
I am currently building artificial intelligence products at New York Life Insurance. I am also a writer and philosopher exploring the intersection of technology, ethics, and society.
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The art of making things easy, but not too easy.
We've mastered the art of staying busy, but have we lost the gift of being bored?
The outsourcing of human thought doesn't announce itself; it arrives in the quiet moments when reaching for AI becomes easier than reaching into our own minds.
The most successful recommendation algorithms don't just predict what you'll watch—they shape who you'll become.
So much of our knowledge falls into the category of knowing it when you see it, what does that mean for us?
The difference between raw AI models and chatbots isn't just in what they know, but in who they pretend to be.
A philosophical exploration of moral intuitions and their role in ethical reasoning. This thesis, completed under the Thacher-Reynolds Fellowship, examines how thought experiments shape our understanding of morality and their implications for ethical decision-making.