Research
A collection of published and unpublished academic works.
10 research papers
Aligning Human Values and Trust in AI Systems
Draws from Longino's values in science, IBM's core tenets of AI ethics, and new research in the field to understand how we can align AI systems with our own interests and desires.
May 2023
The Weaponization of Persuasive Technology
Based in the ethics of persuasion, rhetoric, behavioral economics, Norman's UX research, examines the implications of addictive design and AI nudging on human users.
February 2023
Social Dynamics and the Evolution of Disciplines
Demonstrated how "contagion of disrespect" can arise due to the dynamics of collaboration and reputation in acadamia, using a computational model.
November 2022
Values in Technological Social Systems
Draws from Helen Longino's contextual and constitutive values, Tristan Harris's persuasive technology claims, and Don Normans UX research principles to analyze the underlying values in the design of tech products.
May 2022
Optimization and Meaning in Aesthetic Experiences
Distinguishes how a focus towards goal-oriented behavior can undermine the meaning in an aesthetic experience, using music, sports, and business as examples and drawing from Roger Scruton's writings.
April 2022
Strategies for Altruism, Gift-Giving, and Care
Explores the long-term implications of altruistic expectations, using principles from game theory, a simple python model, and Carol Gilligan's ethics of care.
December 2021
AI, Hume's Account of Human Action, and Moral Responsibility
Explores how Hume's theory of human action exhibits shortcomings in addressing moral responsibility for autonomous agents.
November 2021
Us and AI
Examines the foundational differences in the decision-making process between the humans AI.
September 2021
The Pledge Organization
Synthesizes ideas from behavioral economics, tech ethics, and stakeholder capitalism to propose a business entity structure that realigns motivations away from pure profit maximization.
April 2021
Ideological Control and Social Media
Analyzes how the differing strategies that China, the US, and the EU have used to exert control over the information flow online, and how this impacts their respective societies.
May 2019