Nicolas Gatien

Nicolas Gatien is a 17-year-old writer and programmer based in Canada.12 He is passionate about artificial intelligence, philosophy, and cryptography, and writes about these topics in his physical monthly newsletter.1 Gatien is currently on a gap year and describes himself as "wandering but not lost".1

Experience and Education

Gatien has been involved with The Knowledge Society (TKS) in two roles:

1. Innovator: September 2020 - June 2021 (10 months)1
2. Activator: September 2021 - June 2022 (10 months)1

He also completed a 5-month co-op at Ross Video in Ontario, Canada, from February to June 2022.1

Projects and Interests

• Builds random projects and shares them online1
• Focuses on the development of digital humans2
• Explores the use of real organic brains as a pathway to AGI (Artificial General Intelligence)2
• Creates content on YouTube, including videos on topics like building an analog Zettelkasten and autonomous AI agents3

Public Speaking

In September 2023, Gatien was a guest speaker at the VOICE & AI 2023 conference in Washington DC, where he gave a talk about building rapid prototypes with distinct instances of ChatGPT.1

Online Presence

Gatien maintains an active online presence through various platforms:

• Personal website: nicolasgatien.com2
• LinkedIn: nicolas-gatien-15652a1b61
• YouTube channel: @nicolasgatien72833
• Twitter: @nicolas_gatien4

He also offers a mailing list for those interested in following his work and thoughts.12