Things I've worked on and things I keep coming back to
Worked on
Fieldbuilding, leading the policy efforts in AI to ensure a positive future.
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Working with Stepan Shabalin to apply SAEs for mech interp on VLAs.
A paper analyzing US legislation trends around deepfakes in the 2020-2025 time period, produced as my final artifact for INTA8000 under Prof. Margaret Kosal.
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A published Google Docs extension for selective word counting. 2K+ downloads!
website + download →Sources I recommend
Mostly policy, love their weekly briefings!
visit source →More technical, great analysis of model cards.
visit source →More anthropological/social commentary shaped.
visit source →Exactly what you'd assume from the title.
visit source →Great reads!
An absurdist comedy all about self-forgiveness with outstandingly well-written female characters. Probably my favorite work of literature ever, the dialogue is both histerical and poignant.
The prime example of "esperpento" a Spanish play genre that can be understood as being a tragedy with strong social critique. Beautiful but soul-crushing, I was in a funk for a few days.
Ted Chiang is a favorite between sci-fi fans and this short story along with "Hell is the Absence of God" are my favorite.
Fantastic long-form essay-argument, made me grateful for the randomness inherent in human talent and encouraged my first public Substack
It's up there with Fahrenheit 451, but I found the concept of SOMA more troubling. Weirdly, I did not enjoy 1984 as much.
Very interesting reflections on the role of the law. Read it because Rocamora García-Valls was a professor for both of my parents so the book was in my house. I really enjoyed it, plus it was my first ever non-fiction. PDF here
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Hey, I'm Rocio! think of the c as a th and you're good to go.
B.S./M.S. Computer Science @ Georgia Tech, minoring in Law, Science and Technology.
I'm very interested in AI systems, and even more interested in figuring out what good AI policy actually looks like. Advanced AI will be transformative and it is crucial that it benefits all.
What I'm up to
- IAPS summer fellowship, working on policy research to secure a positive work with advanced AI
- Co-directing AISI, read about us here
- Interpretability research on VLAs in the PAIR Lab
- Wrapped up: AI@Academics internal strategy initiative under Provost Raheem Beyah
Check out some of my thoughts on the future with advanced AI and its implications on Substack
If you're at Tech and want to get involved with AISI, come to our next event and feel free to reach out!
Education
Skills
Professional & Research Experience
- Conducting robotics interpretability research with Prof. Animesh Garg, applying Sparse Autoencoders (SAEs) to vision-language-action models with guidance from Stepan Shabalin
- Working with the Frontier team on Embodied AI threat modelling
- Trained YOLO models on AWS GPU instances for electrical infrastructure anomaly detection
- Integrated convolutional autoencoders for anomaly detection in powerline inspections
Leadership & Campus Involvement
- Selected by Provost Raheem Beyah to chair subcommittee for Georgia Tech's institutional AI strategy
- Deployed campus-wide survey collecting 1,000+ student responses on AI usage, concerns, and policy preferences
- Lead 15-person exec organization; manage $50k in external funding and Policy Fellowship curriculum (<25% acceptance rate)
- Led deepfake governance research under Dr. Margaret Kosal; invited to Anthropic Economic Futures Symposium
- Contributed to large-scale robotics software framework (C++/Linux/ROS2)
- Led technical challenge implementation: 2nd place and 4th overall at RoboCup 2025 International