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Hello ⸜(˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝ I’m Rida. I’m currently an MA philosophy student at the University of Guelph, where I’m exploring the ethics and phenomenology (subjective experience) of human-machine integration within the medical space.

This research has included an analysis of technologies like biosensors, artificial pancreas systems and more recently, neuroprosthetics such as Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs). I also have interests in AI and robot ethics, especially when and where these intersect with cyborg ethics.

Tentatively speaking, my thesis project will examine how concepts and perspectives from 4E cognition are being applied to ethical conversations around BCIs.

Alongside my academic pursuits, I like to make art, read sci-fi, design things (like this site), and imagine a brighter future.