Francisco Carvalho

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Hi there, welcome to my little node of the web. Since you’re here, you should probably know a few things.

MICRO-BIO

xiq is short for Francisco, my name

I’m based in Lisbon, Portugal

I’m into mostly everything, including mathematics, philosophy, psychology, geopolitics, economics, language, art, memes, you name it. I know I know, Jack of all trades, master of none… I’m looking for a unique synergy between my interests where I can be particularly useful. Sometimes I think I’m just into the complex systems elements in each subject.

Currently a master’s student in Computer Science, with a focus on AI

Thinking about AI Governance

I also make some music and philosophy here

SIDEQUESTS

My interests range widely, and I do a lot of seemingly disconnected stuff. I like to call them sidequests, and they take up a bit of a fractal structure, in that they go arbitrarily deep and arbitrarily wide in scope. I’m using the website to make sense of these fractal sidequests. Most of them live in the sidequests page.

THE VAULT

If you’re the curious type, you’ll want to browse The Vault. It’s where I keep all my treasures: books, writings, and other links that I find interesting, important, or have otherwise influenced my thinking.

CONNECT

I’m seasonally active on Twitter, and I oscillate between insightful discussion and dumb memes. Send me a DM if you’d like to talk to me.

You can also reach me at francisco.de.carvalho@tecnico.ulisboa.pt for more formal inquiries.