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tina mai

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    the most important problem i want to solve in my lifetime is control over when we die. i think biological machine learning is the key to unlocking this.
    thus, my work is in researching and deploying applied biological intelligence, currently @

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    studying CS & computational biology @

          (on leave)

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    helping friends craft interfaces for

          and other beautiful software for technical research

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    sometimes i write essays. other times i think about writing them and mourn that i don't have much time to write anymore.

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    co-founder/CTO @

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    featured in

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    backed by Cal Henderson (Slack), Matt Higgins (Shark Tank), etc.

    started @ 17, stepped back after 2y to work on the most important problems i want to see solved.

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    won

     

    for making fintech software for the unbanked @ 15

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    built NLP-based voice accessible app for visually-impaired youth, awarded by

     

    @ 16

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    published in the

     

    @ 16, youngest recipient of the Atlanta Review International Poetry Award, + some other awards for writing

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    spoke at

     

    @ 17 about building a nuclear fusion reactor in my garage

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    Or: On Modern Serendipity, Tech Twitter, and Luck as Agency

    Kernel Magazine (2024)

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    Kids These Days

    Or: American Exceptionalism and the Phenomenon of Gifted Children

    forthcoming (2025)

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    you can find other pieces of mine (particularly personal essays & fiction) published across the internet. call it a scavenger hunt or whatever.