i’m devon
i live in brooklyn and am obsessed with ai, interactive storytelling, beatboxing, and getting my grubby little mitts on as many projects as I can
Artificial Intelligence
i am the vice president of generative ai at ai foundation and designed the dialogue system for ai.xyz
i’m an expert on ethically integrating LLMs into businesses and creative processes
interactive storytelling
i love writing interactive stories about things like first kisses and hedgehogs.
my most recent story smooch.click (2018, best on desktop). it’s a short story about the moments leading up to a kiss, and was featured in rock paper shotgun, kotaku, and ign brasil
beatboxing
i won the american beatboxing championships in 2019 in the loopstation category, and have been performing, researching, and teaching beatboxing for the past ten years. my research on the relationship between beatboxing and phonology has been featured in the linguistic society of america annual meeting, and the old word conference in phonology