Author: Alonzo Texeira
Alonzo Texeira
Alonzo Texeira is an Editor at persuasive2014.org and a technology major at a California university with a sharp eye for where AI and human behavior intersect. A part-time writer with a full-time curiosity, Alonzo covers the ideas and innovations shaping the future of interactive technology
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