I’m Ricky--AI researcher, philosopher, statistician.
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I’m a Hecht-Levi Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. This summer, I'll be a MATS Fellow working with Patrick Butlin on model welfare, stability, and psychology.
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My research clusters around three threads: AI welfare, the ethics of systemic evaluation, and the social micropractices of AI research--the tiny, widespread conventions shaping development choices at a level most engineers aren’t paying attention to.​ AI development isn't just a series of technical solutions. It’s embedded in social institutions, language, and practices that quietly constrain what gets built, how it gets evaluated, and what counts as a “good enough” result.
 
And yes, my dissertation was on well-being and assholes.
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In my free time, I love science fiction, board games, jazz, improv, art, and playing, watching, and coaching basketball.​ I also created The SlamBall Card Game and arXiv Browser.