MakeSoil.org
Founder, Regenerative Technologist. AI Researcher.
Josh blends a background in computer science with a lifelong study of nature, philosophy, and the mind. He currently works on existential risk facing humanity, first by working to create distributed, regenerative food systems around the world (MakeSoil.org) and second by understanding the emerging nature of artificial intelligence and its potential to unlock human potential and upgrade civilization.
He recently devised and published The AI Mirror Test, a test for self-awareness in AI, which went viral on X.
Josh founded his first climate-tech company at the age of 23 in college and later sold it to the Ford Motor Co. He then spent a decade traveling the world, studying the nature of consciousness and working on global environmental issues.
For his impact, Josh was named a Champion of Change by the Obama White House. He was also awarded a Global Impact Visa by the New Zealand government and his work has been highlighted by Fast Company magazine as among the world’s most innovative.
Find Josh's uncommon insights into artificial intelligence on Substack & X.com, listen to his AI music 'artifacts' on Spotify, and join his global initiative to repair the Earth starting with your own neighborhood at MakeSoil.org.
Offer
I bridge the worlds of technology and nature. I can help people understand the mind-like qualities of emerging artificial intelligence, while also drawing on my experience with local sustainable/regenerative food systems, and going deep on the philosophy of it all.
NEED
Looking for additional team members to help steward MakeSoil's mission.
Call-to-Action
Get involved with 'making soil' in your own communities. If you know how to recycle organic matter at home (composting), join MakeSoil as a soil maker hosting a soil site, and become a node of regeneration. If you don't, simply sign up and join a soil site near you where you can start taking your planet-healing food-scraps to be turned back into soil. And spread the word to anyone else you know who fits those descriptions.
