Profile picture of Sahar Niknam in a dark lab, smiling at the camera.

I’m utterly pleased, and surprised, to see my PhD work on eXtended Cognition morphs so seamlessly into my dream field of research: theoretical AI.

What connects them is the brain–body–environment loop and situated AI.

Love:

entropy, economics, complexity, stock markets

Hate:

feeling people’s pain

Confusion:

mediocrity