## I'm Rodolfo. I work at the intersections between human and artificial intelligence.
I am currently doing a PhD in human-AI creative collaboration at UNSW in Sydney. I also work as a new media artist, programmer and consultant.
I am passionate about designing interactions that allow humans to tap into new forms of synthetic intelligence.
I am from Mexico and came to Australia after receiving a scholarship to study a master's in responsible AI at an institute founded by an anthropologist. Before that I worked at Google.
[[Read more about my personal story →]]
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## Experience
A few places I've worked at
1. **Google** - I worked at Google for two and a half years doing data and ads stuff. The rumours are true: I did work between massages and ping pong sessions. [[My time at Google|Learn more→]]
2. **CSIRO** - I worked at Australia's science agency doing AI for environmental management. Once I got on a helicopter to chase wild bulls and another I was almost ran over by a pack of them. [[My time at CSIRO |Learn more →]]
3. **Humans Plus AI Studio** - I founded a little studio to work and consult on cool AI + creativity projects. I went to Milan Design Week to do an installation and soon I'll be doing one at the Sydney Opera House. It's been fun. [[Humans Plus AI Studio |Learn more →]]
[[Experience |See all of my previous experience→]]
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## Projects
I have project obsession. This is my little attempt at putting them all together in one place.
1. **Music of the Sails** - A generative audiovisual installation for the Sydney Opera House. [[Music of the Sails |Learn More →]]
2. **Australian Financial Review AI portraits** - I made AI portraits of the most powerful people in Australia. They were printed in the newspaper and magazine issues, including one in the cover. [[AFR AI Portraits | Learn more →]]
3. **Narrative Device** - I coded a little app over the weekend using GPT3 to generate short stories. Somehow it went viral and more than 200,000 people used it to generate 2 million stories. This was before ChatGPT so people's brains were pretty blown. [[Narrative Device | Learn more →]]
[[All projects |See more past projects→]]
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## Media
Somehow people started reaching out to me to talk about AI. I guess there aren't many folks doing a PhD in AI creativity. Great timing.
- [**Interview on the Rise of AI**](#link-to-video) - Channel 7 news
- <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2axNj3YRMoo?start=145" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
- [**I used to work at Google, and now I'm an AI researcher: Here's why slowing down AI development is wise**](https://theconversation.com/i-used-to-work-at-google-and-now-im-an-ai-researcher-heres-why-slowing-down-ai-development-is-wise-202944) - _The Conversation_
- [**Indigenous rangers to use "SpaceCows" program to protect sacred sites and rock art from feral herds**](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/15/indigenous-rangers-to-use-spacecows-program-to-protect-sacred-sites-and-rock-art-from-feral-herds) - _The Guardian_
- [**How will AI change our understanding of Art**](#link-to-podcast) - ABC Radio, The Art Show
[See all media appearances →](#link-to-all-media)
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## Research
Some of my published research:
1. **A Framework for Dialogue-Based Human-AI Creative Collaboration** - A study on [specific topic]. Published in 2022 CHI 2022 Workshop on Generative AI and HCI, New Orleans ’22. [Read Abstract](#link-to-abstract-A) | [Download Full Paper](#link-to-full-paper-A)
2. **Using GPT-3 to Achieve Semantically Relevant Data Sonificiation for an Art Installation** Published in Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design: 12th International Conference, Brno, Czech Republic ’23. [Read Abstract](#link-to-abstract-B) | [Download Full Paper](#link-to-full-paper-B)
3. **The Human-Built Environment-Natural Environment Relation-An Immersive Multisensory Exploration with ’System of a Sound’** Published in 28th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Sydney, Australia ’23
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## Education
I like learning.
1. **PhD student, Human-AI creative collaboration**, UNSW School of Art and Design - Part of an ARC funded project developing a new model of human-AI interaction. [Learn more →](#link-to-detailed-project-A)
2. **Master in Applied Cybernetics** - Genevie Bell is an antrhopologist of technology. She founded an institute at the Australian National Uni to bring a social science lens to AI and technology. She put out a call to come join her in Australia to I quit my job at Google in Mexico City and came [Learn more →](#link-to-detailed-project-B)
3. **Bachelor in Computer Engineering** - Started studying Economics but switched to computer engineering after I read a book on AI. [Learn more →](#link-to-detailed-project-C)
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## Socials
Connect with me on these platforms:
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/minds_and_machines/)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/rodolfoocampo)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rocampob/)
- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/_RodolfoOcampo)
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