About Me

I'm a Research Manager at the Alignment of Complex Systems (ACS) – a research group investigating how complex human-AI systems can remain aligned with human interests, and how humans can stay relevant to the long-term future in a world of increasingly capable AI (e.g. see gradual disempowerment). I help build, run, and sometimes do research at ACS.

Until Nov. 2024, I was the Head Organizer / Executive Director of FYKOS – a group of ~60 students organizing major non-profit educational events in physics for high-school students – e.g., Fyziklani (~1200 participants from 21 countries in person in Prague), and Physics Brawl Online (over 6000 participants from 80 countries). Leading FYKOS, I gained experience with leadership, (project) management, community building, running a non-profit, educating and lecturing, outreach, communication with high-ranking officials of companies and governments, etc.

I have a Master's degree in theoretical physics from the Charles University in Prague, although I am more excited about applying it to random non-physics things like autoencoders or birds flocking.

Sometimes, I do/did other things, like helping out at camps teaching applied rationality to highly talented young minds, organizing events for promoting giving to effective charities, kickstarting an university group aiming to help students have more positive impact on the world, or helping with strategy at a nonprofit seeking to help people do the most good.

I enjoy calisthenics and parkour, reading educational non-fiction (Sapiens, The Power of Habit, 12 Rules for Life, etc.), trying to maximize my productivity (while not burning out), and the company of pink plushy octopi.