My name is Thorne Wolfenbarger. I build software that integrates AI into existing business workflows. Previously, in Google Shopping, I trained LLMs to increase impressions for tens-of-millions of products by more than 20%.

I spent 3 months this past year travelling the world asking people two questions: "What does it mean, to you, to be an American?", "What does it mean, to you, to be you?" After asking 200+ people these questions, I think I have a better idea than before. Now, I am back in the San Francisco Bay Area, splitting my time between my focus pillars: Computing, Literature, and Governance.

These pillars are distinct but interconnected. Computing covers my continual software work and LLM R&D. Literature is my continual development as a writer and a poet. Governance concerns how we manage an AI-enabled society. Imagine a world where anything that can happen, will happen; instantly.