Said Achmiz

Said Achmiz is a web developer and long-standing contributor to the rationalist and effective altruism communities. He is the creator and maintainer of GreaterWrong (greaterwrong.com), an alternative frontend for LessWrong built in Common Lisp, and ReadTheSequences.com, an HTML version of Eliezer Yudkowsky's Rationality: From AI to Zombies. From 2017 onward he developed much of the design and interactive JavaScript/CSS infrastructure for Gwern.net, including its popup annotation system, sidenotes, and dark mode. He studied Computer Science (major) and Cognitive Science (minor) at Brooklyn College (CUNY) and conducted summer research at UC Santa Cruz through the SURF-IT program. He has published academic work in human-computer interaction, including research on cursor behaviors and touchless large-display interaction. He received a $60,000 grant from the Long-Term Future Fund for developing and maintaining projects and resources used by the EA and rationality communities. He has been an active LessWrong commenter since 2010 with over 4,500 comments and more than 17,000 karma.

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