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I am an associate professor of philosophy, a faculty affiliate of the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute and the Chinese studies program at the University of California, San Diego, and a fellow of the John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics.
My primary research interests are foundations of AI, philosophy of physics, philosophy of science, and metaphysics. I am also interested in philosophy of mind, decision theory, formal epistemology, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of religion, and Chinese philosophy. I have a side interest in using films to popularize philosophical ideas. Currently, I'm co-writing a screenplay about a time-travel romance (inspired by a fascinating article in the SEP). I am the lead author of the 2026 Nature Comment that argues AGI has arrived. I received the Popper Prize for my 2021 BJPS paper on quantum mechanics in a time-asymmetric universe. (Click here for a short summary.) My works on laws of nature have been published in Nature, featured as a cover story of New Scientist, discussed in Scientific American, and awarded an APA Public Philosophy Op-Ed Prize. My paper on vagueness of physical laws (The Philosophical Review) was selected by The Philosopher's Annual as "one of the ten best articles in philosophy from 2022." I am Co-PI of a new Templeton grant on quantum foundations, and a collaborator of a previous project on the quantum arrows of time. I earned a Ph.D in philosophy, a M.Sc in mathematics, and a graduate certificate in cognitive science from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ in 2019. On this website, you can find information about my publications, research, teaching, public engagement, and events. |