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Henry Head

Experience

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Google / YouTube
Policy & Legal · 2017–2023
OpenAI
Safety Systems · 2023–2024
Atkins & Pearce
Strategy Lead · 2025–present

Projects (Tech)

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JebBot →
Chess AI trained on my 8,000+ games
Built from scratch using neural networks, trained exclusively on my personal chess.com history to capture my playing style and patterns.
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HiChicken →
Slack app for peer recognition
A lightweight kudos system that lets teammates recognize each other with fun chicken-themed reactions and weekly leaderboards.
Discord → Slack Migration →
Full history migration tool
Migrates complete server history including messages, threads, attachments, and user mappings while preserving timestamps.
Genderswap Bible →
Text Manipulation with Python
The complete Bible with all gendered language reversed - an exploration of how pronouns shape our reading of ancient texts.
Tennis Scorigami →
Tracking unique tennis scores
Inspired by NFL Scorigami - tracking every unique final score combination that has occurred in professional tennis history.

Play JebBot

JebBot is a move classifier, trained to mimic my playstyle based on 7,000+ games and 200,000+ individual moves and positions. It is probably a little better than I am in real life. Care for a game?

Full game with analysis →

Life

Jamaica Ski Team →
By far the most fun thing I do
Joshua Tree →
A little desert compound with big dreams

Reading

Books I love and articles/links I've recently enjoyed

  • The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee
  • Say Nothing Patrick Radden Keefe
  • Zen Flesh Zen Bones Paul Reps
  • Pastoralia George Saunders
  • The Looming Tower Lawrence Wright

Articles