Sean Robinson - Scientist/Entrepreneur leading ML/Al Teams

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Sean’s Bio

 

I am a scientist and entrepreneur leading ML/AI teams and research in the Seattle area. I earned my Ph.D. in computational astrophysics from the University of Washington, developing source characterization algorithms for a NASA/DOE Gamma Ray Telescope. I then became involved in numerical simulation, modeling, Monte-Carlo particle transport, machine learning and anomaly detection, as well as in the direction of international nuclear policy.

 

I served as researcher and science lead for various projects in computational physics and was involved in development of computer vision algorithms, spatial object localization, deep learning for anomaly detection and NLP. A passion for entrepreneurialism and developing algorithms to empower business products led me to the startup world, where I have led ML/AI concepts and teams across a broad spectrum in an R&D environment, and applied descriptive and inferential statistics to marketing, and process optimization for business.

 

I have been active in the areas of Image Generation Models (e.g. StableDiffusion) and Large Language Models (LLM) (e.g. the GPT series) for many years and am excited for the future of tech in these areas.

 

I also produce the occasional academic paper about my research and continue to operate at the nexus of tech development, business and management. In my free time, you can often find me bicycling, participating in or helping to organize LARP events, or speaking at conventions about the nature of science and technology in pop culture and the future of the modern world. 

 

We talked about the following and other items

 

Rock climbing and its mental benefits

 

 Universal basic income and its effectiveness

 

Developing detection algorithms for nuclear security

 

 AI research and entrepreneurship.

 

Startup ideas and investment criteria

 

Startup funding and validation process

 

Startup success factors Particle simulation in physics

 

Particle physics and detector simulations

 

Dark matter and the search for alternative theories

 

Consciousness through AI development

 

Ethical considerations in AI development

 

AI decision-making and validation

 

AI's impact on various industries and startups.

 

AI technology and its limitations

 

AI technology and its global implications 

 

Sean’s Social Media

 

 Sean’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-robinson-phd/

 

Sean’s FB: https://www.facebook.com/sean.robinson.12532

 

Sean’s Advice

 

We have a really good shot here. My whole career has been about taking this shot. How do we get beyond scarcity? This is such a big dream and one of the first times we've really had a shot at it. So if we all work hard, we probably will get there.

 

If you're the sort of person who's good at talking, try and convince people that this is going to be good. We are gonna get to the good side of this future. I really want it to be the good side. Please keep working towards that.