My research program, Critical AI, aims to interrogating the assumptions, power structures, and socio-political consequences embedded in artificial intelligence. Grounded in critical theory, I reject the notion that AI is neutral, inevitable, or intrinsically progressive. Instead, I foreground questions of justice, power, and epistemology, revealing how AI systems are entwined with colonialism, capitalism, racism, ableism, and patriarchy.

Critique, however, is only our starting point. Embracing an AI-for-Good ethos, we pair rigorous analysis with concrete pathways toward liberation and collective flourishing. Guided by Kant’s imperative that every person be treated as an end and never merely as a means, we also draw on Spinoza’s concept of conatus—interpreted through Erich Fromm as the human drive not only to survive but to grow, develop, and realize one’s full potential in acts of love that create unity while preserving diversity.
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With this ethical foundation, Critical AI seeks to harness technology to expand the shared power of individuals and communities to understand, decide, and thrive in solidarity. Through grassroots, interdisciplinary scholarship and engaged public discourse, my work strives to ensure that AI advances human dignity, autonomy, and mutual flourishing—treating each individual as an end in themselves while widening the web of relationships that sustains us all. Our ultimate aim is to shape technological futures that are just, inclusive, accountable, and oriented toward the common good: an AI for liberation.