Akash Kulgod
Bio
I'm a recent Cognitive Science graduate from UC Berkeley.
My primary focus is fleshing out an early stage research project funded by Emergent Ventures India aiming to leverage neurotechnology and machine learning to augment canine disease detection and complement machine olfaction development.
My family has been running a non-profit for almost a decade - Rajalakshmi Children Foundation - in Northern Karnataka that works on improving the health and education floor of underprivileged children. We recently started a talent search program that I've described in a post. While I'm not actively involved in operations, I'm keyed into the work and would love to spark beneficial collaborations.
Substack - https://akashkulgod.substack.com/
Rajalakshmi Children Foundation- rajalakshmifoundation.in
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Chiming in with an elaboration/downstream to points you make and are perhaps specific for people who are first-timers to an EAG/new to EA. I came into the conference 'knowing' a few people but not having friends that I could just hang out with, or as another EA attendee put it, be comfortable asking to sit in silence for 20mins. The high stakes busy frantic vibes + not having chill hangs = always being on and getting super tired. Thankfully, my non-EAG partner was with me and we hung out together in the evenings and this really helped me, but I know other people didn't have the same affordance.
Reading this made me realize how the view that all suffering matters is quite well-represented in Jainsm - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahimsa_in_Jainism.