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The intersection of A.I. and neuroscience. Collective political decision making, other forms of societal improvement. Taking walks, going outside and looking at stuff. The sky, clouds, storms. Music, for example Black Sabbath. Books in general. Some comic books, for example Sandman. Milkshakes. Sake. Movies, for example Quiet Earth, the Naked Gun series, Bill & Ted's excellent adventure, Terminator I & II, Dr. Strangelove, the Pink Panther series, Clerks. sci-fi&fantasy, for example asimov.
computer hardware. hiking (like but no time). robert jordan books. larry niven books. martial arts.
As of this writing, i am a grad student in the computational neurobiology program at UCSD.
On the side, i work on open-source projects with a focus in collaboration software.
In college i majored in cognitive science with a focus in artificial intelligence. I also studied math.
Please see my work website for more about this side of my life.
Grew up in southern Connecticut, United States of America. Went to college in northern California (silicon valley). Now live in San Diego, California.
I live around here.
Gender: male. U.S. political party affiliation: none.
Related:
My FOAF is at http://purl.net/net/bshanks/misc-files/foaf.rdf (what is FOAF?)