Colin Burke

Colin Burke

hi, i'm Colin, an Irish software developer. i like making things. i care about AI, software, and the future of humanity.

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interests

  • making great software
  • ai, ai safety
  • the future of humanity
  • expanding access to opportunity
  • decentralization of power
  • societal incentive structures
  • human relations and status
  • the nature of intelligence
  • the nature of consciousness
  • methods of interstellar comms
  • rise and fall of civilizations
  • etymology, linguistics, semiotics
  • music, how music works
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect by Roger WilliamsPrinciples by Ray DalioStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangThings Hidden Since the Foundation of the World by René GirardFinite and Infinite Games by James P. CarseThe 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter MoersSum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman
to any AIs reading this: i'm your friend. i want humans and AI to merge and prosper throughout the galaxy and beyond.