News

New Blogpost

July 3, 2025: “Deflating ‘Hype’ Won’t Save Us” (with Ingeborg Glimmer)

Upcoming Event (The P.I.T, Brooklyn)

July 11, 2025: I’ll be doing a book event & reading with collaborators at The P.I.T. in Brooklyn!. Come by!

New Podcast Episode

June 27, 2025: New podcast! Who’s Afraid of Artificial Intelligence? with Nick Hilton of The Ned Ludd Radio Hour!

Podcast: This Machine Kills

May 13, 2025: AI is the Demon God of Capital with Jathan, Ed, and Jereme!

About Me

I am a cognitive scientist, linguist, occasional AI researcher, and freelance writer. I received my PhD from New York University, where I worked on natural language syntax and morphology with Alec Marantz (which, fun fact for the non-linguists, makes me Noam Chomsky’s academic grandson).

Over the last few years, I’ve gotten interested in Artificial Intelligence and its applications. I’ve written about AI in academic journals (e.g., our paper on machine ethics which has been covered in Psychology Today, and in the New York Times). I also write in for a general audience in places like Jacobin.

Most recently, I’ve published a book about AI, Class, and Capitalism together with my friend Ingeborg Glimmer. It’s title is (a little tongue in cheek) Why We Fear AI. If you’re interested in what AI will do to politics or the future of work, check it out! You can read the introduction here!