I’m Ricky--AI researcher, philosopher, statistician.
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I’m a Hecht-Levi Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and a MATS Scholar working with Patrick Butlin on AI welfare. I’m studying self-identification dynamics in long-horizon agents, but you may also be here because you heard some guy was making AI finger-paint its feelings. Guilty!

And yes, my dissertation was on well-being and assholes.
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In my free time, I love science fiction, board games, jazz, improv, art, and playing, watching, and coaching basketball.​ I’ve also built The SlamBall Card Game and arXiv browser.