Why Universities Have the Most to Gain From the AI Moment
Mar 5, 2026An optimistic view for the future of universities.
I’m an Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley. I’m interested in how brains and artificial intelligence make sense of the world. My lab is part of the Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry and Vision Science, the Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, and the Helen Will Neuroscience Institute. This is my personal website. The Yates lab website can be found here.
An optimistic view for the future of universities.
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