Calvin Laughlin
software engineeragents | creative tools | interactive systems
currently
Software Engineer at Semaphore
Previously Luma Labs and Context AI
BS + MS in CS from Stanford
selected work
music2dance — a music-driven audiovisual performance
perch — a small macOS notch app
large language lego models — generating building instructions with fine-tuned language models
wekinators — playful machine-learning instruments
cal-train — an explorable Caltrain station website
experiments
writing
humans in the loop — designing AI that extends people
ai & music — what creative tools should preserve
community
children’s hospital los angeles — longtime volunteer supporting its annual Giving Tuesday campaign, now over $4M raised since 2016
San Francisco, California
making human things with computers








