Jay Chooi
I work on preparing society for powerful artificial intelligence. My research interests are forecasting physical automation and understanding how, or if, society can flourish and remain stable when human labor is no longer the main source of political power and economic leverage.
I am building Robocurve, a YC-backed Public Benefit Corporation developing open-source tools and independent benchmarks to measure how well AI and robots can do real-world jobs. Previously, I was a Research Fellow at MATS, where I worked on technical AI safety research with Professor Shi Feng.
I graduated from Harvard with a Bachelor's in Computer Science and Mathematics, with a concurrent Master's in Statistics. There, I was fortunate to be advised by Professor Ariel Procaccia. My thesis, Computational Perspectives on Democracy in the Age of AI, was awarded Highest Honors.
I was elected a Rhodes Scholar in 2025. In 2024, I correctly forecasted the US Presidential Election results in all 50 states. I am a gold medalist at the 2021 International Olympiad in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
I grew up in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. I am grateful to my government school teachers at SMK Sultan Ismail.
