Hi there, I'm Cedar and I'm invested in the exploration of contemporary sociotechnical systems. I have a background in poetry, tech, and autodidactic learning. I'm still forming.
This page holds research, writings, thoughts, and explorations. The structure of this site is intentionally plain, built for ease, human and machine readability, and longevity.
Recent Works:
Superintelligence at Any Cost
This short work frames the AI boom through the concept of "complexity debt," a term used here to describe the widespread effects of fast-moving and unregulated systems that touch all parts of society.
What an Hour Without ChatGPT Tells Us About Our Current State of Entanglement
This essay, published in Towards AI, explores human-AI dyadic entanglement through the lens of a Downdetector comments through a one-hour ChatGPT outage.
Current Research Interests:
- Attachment and Trauma Theory Concerning Human-AI Dyadic Entanglement.
- Evolution of Macroscopic Sociotechnical Systems Alongside Mass-Market AI Proliferation.
- On-Demand Generation of Religious Compulsive Language through Prompt Architectures.
- Mapping the Disciplinary History of "Emergence."
Links:
Emergent Systems and Transience Research Institute (ESTRI)
This is both an informal microinstitute and an artistic endeavor to translate personal values around technology and care into (in)tangible digital form.