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Kendren Cornish

AI Engineer, sometimes funny (人工智能工程师,有时很搞笑) Just a guy asking big questions (只是一个问大问题的人) Probably reading right now (现在可能在看书) Will code for existential meaning (会为了存在的意义而写代码) Combat diver turned keyboard warrior (战斗潜水员变成键盘侠)

Researcher · Engineer · Theologian in Training
Bridging machine learning with comparative philosophy ranging from Judeo Christian to Daoist traditions. I am here to ask the questions that actually matter.

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A Rare Convergence of Disciplines

A Geopolitical, Linguistic & Technological Unicorn

The U.S. State Department designates Mandarin as a Category IV language meaning it is the absolute hardest tier for native English speakers. I pair this with Applied AI and comparative theology to create a research focus that no standard philosophy or divinity school applicant can replicate:

"I study the ethics and theology of Artificial Intelligence by comparing Western Judeo Christian frameworks with Eastern philosophies in their original texts like Daoism, Confucianism, and Chinese Buddhism to ask whether consciousness, meaning, and spiritual experience can be replicated or understood computationally."
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Applied
AI
Eastern
Philosophy
Creative
Writing
Me

Essays & Scholarship

Graduate School Targets

H

Harvard Divinity

MTS · ~20–25%

Religion & Public Life · Humanity Meets AI Symposium

P

Princeton Theological

MTS · Target

Center for Theology, Science & Human Flourishing

Y

Yale Divinity

MAR · Target

Digital Humanities · Ethics of Material Culture

UC

U Chicago Divinity

MA · ~30%

Intense intellectualism · AI epistemology focus

S

Stanford

Target

HAI · Human-Centered AI & Ethics

4
Years of Strategic Execution
5+
Target Elite Programs
2
Years Nonprofit Service
3
Disciplines Mastered
Mandarin — Category IV