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2026-01-02

About me

(to do for self - replace this image with a 30s video of myself, because apparently video is more trustworthy)

Connect with me

• Contact me (email, Signal), Contact me (pgp-encrypted)
• Donate to me (monero, wire transfer)
• Youtube: @samuel.da.shadrach, Twitter: @samuel_sha13010.

My CV and Completed projects

• Completed 18 day Hunger Strike on livestream in protest of AI companies building superintelligence. Featured by ThePrint and others. Interviewed by Guido Reichstader and others.
• Published US govt whistleblower database and guide. Written for employees of AI companies building superintelligence.
• Completed ML Safety Scholars under Dan Hendrycks, UC Berkeley
• Managed risk for Rari Capital, cryptocurrency startup managing $1B peak AUM
• Graduated IIT Delhi Biochem engg BTech+MTech 2023. (Among top 3 engg colleges in India)
• DOB 2001-01-03, Male

I want everyone to read

• If you work at an AI company building superintelligence, read this:
  • US govt whistleblower database and guide
• If you know about risks from superintelligence, read this:
  • How to support the political movement against risks from superintelligence
  • cypherpunks mailing list, predecessor to Tor/Signal/blockchain. extropians mailing list, predecessor to EA/lesswrong
  • maybe just roam around my website and see which topics interest you
• If you don't know about risks from superintelligence, read this:
  • Made by me: Try AI models from 2019 to 2025, My AI timelines as of 2025-12
  • Made by others: Experts sign Dan Hendrycks' letter, Yudkowsky's interview, Yudkowsky's TIME article, Movie: Colossus, Game: Universal Paperclips

Current project

Projects abandoned for now

• Creating educational content on youtube on risks from superintelligence. Youtube: @samuel.da.shadrach, Youtube retrospective
• Political strategy around AI risk: Prolific.com survey on AI pause, Discussion forums, Letter to AI lab heads, Why no religion?, Duncan Sabien's MtG colour wheel applied to Politics, My views on Lesswrong.
• Miscellaneous research on human genetic engineering: Politics of HGE.
• Building open source search engines: Books Search for Researchers, Open source search
• Miscellaneous research on privacy/transparency: SecureDrop review, Open source weaponry, Long-term view on information, tech and society
• Miscellaneous research on other topics, like geopolitics and tech and stuff: Unimportant
• For a more general audience: Courses for you, Advice for you

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