AI and Human Intent in the Algorithmic Age

As our realities trend toward the algorithmic, we’re no longer just technology users — we are participants in an evolving dialogue between human intent and machine capability. We can watch from the sidelines as a new paradigm in human-computer interaction evolves or we can build it.

Data Introspection & Reclaiming my Digital Self

I hold a lot of value in the 'self' that I express through technology. Platforms like Facebook have an 'irrevocable use' clause in their terms of service that allows them to do what they'd like with your data in the name of 'improving their services', but you technically still own your data.

NYC - It's been Real(ly hard but rewarding)

Three years ago, my husband and I sold our house in Maryland and headed to New York City. I had just been accepted to Columbia Business School for their Saturday Executive MBA program. I finished my courses at Columbia in February, and have a lot of complicated feelings about it.

A Brief Memory: Exploring the Loss and Rediscovery of Individuality

Each person is unique. Our bodies and brains are uniquely shaped to the inputs we are given (or give) them. Our minds are shaped by the information we consume, the people we listen to, the stories we tell ourselves as truth.

Building Myself a English-to-English Translator in Slack

I'm not sure if it's just me, but this feels increasingly less true as AI threatens to take over the way that we think and communicate. What is one to do? Write an English-to-English translator.

2024 in Review

2024 was a year where I had to complete reinvent myself into a new person, which has been powerful, exciting, scary, lonely, invigorating, marvelous, and awesome (in the true sense of awe). Cassian's birth - eight days past his due date - marked the beginning of the rest of my life.

Logarithmic Tetris

I wanted a version of Tetris that had a logarithmic board instead of a square grid. I couldn't get the idea out of my head, so I turned to AI.

Incident Report: Site Outage 07 October

Multitasking got to the best of me today when I distractedly decided to update my web host server from Ubuntu 20.04 to 24.04.

Is the Singularity already here?

I've had a hypothesis for several years now that we're already well within the fabled technological singularity. The quest for a super-intelligent, self-modifying computer is openly promoted in Silicon Valley. It makes sense that we would look for computational intelligence that looks human.

Chat-based Interfaces, Trust, and Guilt

Trust can be found between individuals, within organizations, and between an individual and an institution. When we consider the concept of trust, we might think about people we trust to be vulnerable around when we are going through a difficult time in our lives.