Interdisciplinary AI researcher striving for a better world.

Embodiment, Relationships, and Sexuality: An Ethical Analysis of Extended Reality Technologies

Science and Engineering Ethics, 2025

Communication technologies change the way we relate to each other and ourselves. This essay analyzes the effects that extended reality technologies are likely to have on conceptions of the self, romantic relationships, and other associated concepts like sexual orientation.

Ramirez, Erick, Laura Clark, Sydney Campbell, Julian Dreiman, Dorian Clay, Raghav Gupta, and Shelby Jennett. (2025). "Embodiment, Relationships, and Sexuality: An Ethical Analysis of Extended Reality Technologies." Science and Engineering Ethics. https://rdcu.be/ePYFi

Expanding Neuro-Symbolic AI for Strategic Learning

KDD Undergraduate Consortium, 2022

Today, artificial intelligence (AI) solves problems as varied as driving cars to diagnosing diseases. However, it still has significant pitfalls. This paper will seek to apply neuro-symbolic AI to strategic game play where AI agents have the same information as a human player—just an image.

Clay, Dorian. (2022). "Expanding Neuro-Symbolic Artificial Intelligence for Strategic Learning." KDD-UC. https://kdd.org/kdd2022/papers/17_Dorian%20Clay.pdf

Expanding Neuro-Symbolic Artificial Intelligence for Strategic Learning

Santa Clara University Computer Science and Engineering Senior Theses, 2022

This thesis seeks to find ways to determine if hybrid AI are more capable of learning high-level strategy than traditional reinforcement learning methods.

Clay, Dorian. (2022). "Expanding Neuro-Symbolic Artificial Intelligence for Strategic Learning." Santa Clara University Computer Science and Engineering Senior Theses. https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/cseng_senior/228/

Extended reality, control, and problems of the self: An ethical analysis

Exploring Extended Realities: Metaphysical, psychological, and ethical challenges

Dec 1, 2023

This chapter argues that XR technologies, once incorporated into the basic structures of society, introduce three connected but distinct classes of ethical problems related to the self.

Ramirez, Erick Jose, Shelby Jennett, Dorian Clay, and Mohit Gandhi. (2023). "Extended Reality, Control, and Problems of the Self: An Ethical Analysis," in Exploring Extended Realities: Metaphysical, psychological, and ethical challenges, eds. Erick Ramirez and Andrew Kissel. (Routledge). https://www.routledge.com/Exploring-Extended-Realities-Metaphysical-Psychological-and-Ethical-Challenges/Kissel-Ramirez/p/book/9781032417325

Expanding Neuro-Symbolic Reasoning for Strategic Learning

SCU School of Engineering 52nd Annual Senior Design Conference

May 21, 2022

Talk presented at the Santa Clara University Senior Design Conference.

The Metaverse and Problems of the Self

Great Lakes Philosophy Conference

Apr 10, 2022

An exploratory analysis of the challenges of control and embodiment in the metaverse.