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1</head><body><div id="__next"><header class="sticky top-0 z-50" style="background-color:var(--color-surface);border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-border)"><div class="max-w-3xl mx-auto px-4 sm:px-6 flex justify-between items-center h-12"><a class="text-base font-serif font-normal" style="color:var(--color-text);text-decoration:none" href="/">Saranyan Vigraham</a><nav class="hidden sm:flex items-center gap-1"><a class="px-2.5 py-1 text-sm rounded transition-colors" style="color:var(--color-text-secondary);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400" href="/projects">Projects</a><a class="px-2.5 py-1 text-sm rounded transition-colors" style="color:var(--color-text-secondary);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400" href="/blog">Blog</a><a class="px-2.5 py-1 text-sm rounded transition-colors" style="color:var(--color-text-secondary);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400" href="/writing">Writing</a><a class="px-2.5 py-1 text-sm rounded transition-colors" style="color:var(--color-text-secondary);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400" href="/kls">Teaching</a><a class="px-2.5 py-1 text-sm rounded transition-colors" style="color:var(--color-text-secondary);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400" href="/about">About</a></nav><button class="sm:hidden p-1.5 rounded" style="color:var(--color-text-secondary)" aria-label="Open menu"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-menu" aria-hidden="true"><line x1="4" x2="20" y1="12" y2="12"></line><line x1="4" x2="20" y1="6" y2="6"></line><line x1="4" x2="20" y1="18" y2="18"></line></svg></button></div></header><div class="min-h-screen flex flex-col"><main class="flex-grow"><div class="max-w-3xl mx-auto px-4 sm:px-6 py-12 sm:py-16"><section class="mb-14"><h1 class="font-serif text-3xl sm:text-4xl mb-4" style="color:var(--color-text);font-weight:400">Saranyan Vigraham</h1><p class="text-lg font-serif leading-relaxed" style="color:var(--color-text-secondary)">Working at the intersection of AI and Humanity. Building tools that explore how artificial intelligence can amplify rather than diminish what makes us human.</p></section><section class="mb-14"><h2 class="font-serif text-xl mb-6" style="color:var(--color-text);font-weight:400;border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-border);padding-bottom:0.4rem">Recent Writing</h2><div class="space-y-5"><article><a class="group block" href="/writing/essays/hallucination-is-a-misdiagnosis"><div class="flex items-baseline gap-2 mb-1"><h3 class="font-serif text-base group-hover:underline" style="color:var(--color-link);font-weight:400">Hallucination is a misdiagonsis</h3><span class="text-xs px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded flex-shrink-0" style="background-color:rgba(58, 125, 68, 0.08);color:var(--color-link)">Essay</span></div><p class="text-sm mb-1" style="color:var(--color-text-secondary);line-height:1.5">When we call AI factual errors hallucination, we are creating a bigger problem</p><div class="flex items-center gap-3 text-xs" style="color:var(--color-text-muted)"><time dateTime="2026-05-01">May 1, 2026</time><span>6 min read</span></div></a></article><article><a class="group block" href="/blog/33point3-launch"><div class="flex items-baseline gap-2 mb-1"><h3 class="font-serif text-base group-hover:underline" style="color:var(--color-link);font-weight:400">33.3: Making the Invisible Side of AI Visible</h3><span class="text-xs px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded flex-shrink-0" style="background-color:rgba(58, 125, 68, 0.08);color:var(--color-link)">Blog</span></div><p class="text-sm mb-1" style="color:var(--color-text-secondary);line-height:1.5">My sons care deeply about ending war and protecting artists, yet trust technology without question. I built 33 interactive experiences to help young people understand the hidden costs of the systems they use every day—before they lose their idealism.</p><div class="flex items-center gap-3 text-xs" style="color:var(--color-text-muted)"><time dateTime="2025-11-04">Nov 4, 2025</time><span>3 min read</span></div></a></article><article><a class="group block" href="/blog/doubling-down-on-writing-soul"><div class="flex items-baseline gap-2 mb-1"><h3 class="font-serif text-base group-hover:underline" style="color:var(--color-link);font-weight:400">Doubling Down on Discovering Your Writing Soul</h3><span class="text-xs px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded flex-shrink-0" style="background-color:rgba(58, 125, 68, 0.08);color:var(--color-link)">Blog</span></div><p class="text-sm mb-1" style="color:var(--color-text-secondary);line-height:1.5">Inspired by Zadie Smith&#x27;s essay on finding authentic voice through structured thinking, I built an AI-powered tool that guides writers through Socratic dialogue to discover their core beliefs, writing process, and intellectual identity.</p><div class="flex items-center gap-3 text-xs" style="color:var(--color-text-muted)"><time dateTime="2025-10-01">Oct 1, 2025</time><span>7 min read</span></div></a></article><article><a class="group block" href="/blog/bias-through-play-who-is-the-hacker"><div class="flex items-baseline gap-2 mb-1"><h3 class="font-serif text-base group-hover:underline" style="color:var(--color-link);font-weight:400">When Kids Play &#x27;Who is the Hacker&#x27;

1: How a Simple Game Reveals Our Hidden Biases</h3><span class="text-xs px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded flex-shrink-0" style="background-color:rgba(58, 125, 68, 0.08);color:var(--color-link)">Blog</span></div><p class="text-sm mb-1" style="color:var(--color-text-secondary);line-height:1.5">Inspired by Joy Buolamwini&#x27;s Gender Shades project, we created a game that makes algorithmic bias tangible for children. Watch as kids discover their own unconscious biases—and the power they have to change them.</p><div class="flex items-center gap-3 text-xs" style="color:var(--color-text-muted)"><time dateTime="2025-09-11">Sep 11, 2025</time><span>5 min read</span></div></a></article><article><a class="group block" href="/blog/the-ghosts-of-our-machines"><div class="flex items-baseline gap-2 mb-1"><h3 class="font-serif text-base group-hover:underline" style="color:var(--color-link);font-weight:400">I Built AI Time Machines and They Revealed Our Hidden Biases</h3><span class="text-xs px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded flex-shrink-0" style="background-color:rgba(58, 125, 68, 0.08);color:var(--color-link)">Blog</span></div><p class="text-sm mb-1" style="color:var(--color-text-secondary);line-height:1.5">Maybe the most ambitious AI bias experiment I&#x27;ve thought of. After spending many days immersed in this project, I can honestly say I&#x27;ve built something very cool that reveals patterns of human prejudice across 175 years.</p><div class="flex items-center gap-3 text-xs" style="color:var(--color-text-muted)"><time dateTime="2025-08-11">Aug 11, 2025</time><span>11 min read</span></div></a></article><article><a class="group block" href="/blog/after-the-gdc-challenge"><div class="flex items-baseline gap-2 mb-1"><h3 class="font-serif text-base group-hover:underline" style="color:var(--color-link);font-weight:400">After the Detective Work: Charting the Future of AI Education</h3><span class="text-xs px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded flex-shrink-0" style="background-color:rgba(58, 125, 68, 0.08);color:var(--color-link)">Blog</span></div><p class="text-sm mb-1" style="color:var(--color-text-secondary);line-height:1.5">A reflection on winning the Global Dialogues Challenge and what comes next in building cultural intelligence for the AI age. From detective games to global classrooms, here&#x27;s how we can prepare the next generation to build technology that works for everyone.</p><div class="flex items-center gap-3 text-xs" style="color:var(--color-text-muted)"><time dateTime="2025-07-31">Jul 31, 2025</time><span>4 min read</span></div></a></article><article><a class="group block" href="/blog/ai-cultural-intelligence-game"><div class="flex items-baseline gap-2 mb-1"><h3 class="font-serif text-base group-hover:underline" style="color:var(--color-link);font-weight:400">The Case of the Global AI Mind: Building Cultural Intelligence Through Play</h3><span class="text-xs px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded flex-shrink-0" style="background-color:rgba(58, 125, 68, 0.08);color:var(--color-link)">Blog</span></div><p class="text-sm mb-1" style="color:var(--color-text-secondary);line-height:1.5">What if understanding how different cultures embrace or resist AI wasn&#x27;t a matter of dry statistics, but a noir detective story? I built an interactive experience that transforms 3,400 voices from 70 nations into a game of cultural discovery.</p><div class="flex items-center gap-3 text-xs" style="color:var(--color-text-muted)"><time dateTime="2025-06-15">Jun 15, 2025</time><span>11 min read</span></div></a></article></div><div class="mt-6 flex gap-4"><a class="text-sm" style="color:var(--color-link)" href="/blog">Blog →</a><a class="text-sm" style="color:var(--color-link)" href="/writing">Essays, Poetry &amp; Prose →</a></div></section><section><h2 class="font-serif text-xl mb-6" style="color:var(--color-text);font-weight:400;border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-border);padding-bottom:0.4rem">Explore</h2><div class="space-y-4"><a class="group block" href="/projects"><div class="flex items-baseline gap-3"><span class="font-serif text-base group-hover:underline" style="color:var(--color-link)">Projects</span><span class="text-sm" style="color:var(--color-text-muted)">Interactive experiences exploring AI, culture, and ethics</span></div></a><a class="group block" href="/writing"><div class="flex items-baseline gap-3"><span class="font-serif text-base group-hover:underline" style="color:var(--color-link)">Writing</span><span class="text-sm" style="color:var(--color-text-muted)">Essays, poetry, and prose</span></div></a><a class="group block" href="/kls"><div class="flex items-baseline gap-3"><span class="font-serif text-base group-hover:underline" style="color:var(--color-link)">Teaching</span><span class="text-sm" style="color:var(--color-text-muted)">AI education for middle schoolers</span></div></a><a class="group block" href="/about"><div class="flex items-baseline gap-3"><span class="font-serif text-base group-hover:underline" style="color:var(--color-link)">About</span><span class="text-sm" style="color:var(--color-text-muted)">

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