Hi! I am Ross Gruetzemacher and I am an Assistant Professor of Business Analytics at Wichita State University, the Executive Director of the Transformative Futures Institute (TFI, a nonprofit research institute that I founded in 2022), a Senior Game Master for the strategic AI role-play game Intelligence Rising, and a Research Affiliate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge. I have a PhD in management (business analytics) from Auburn University as well as an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in computational fluid dynamics. Prior to my PhD I spent a year working as a data scientist and I really enjoy big data analytics and advanced machine learning techniques.
My primary research interests are in foresight, decision making and strategy with a focus on artificial intelligence. This involves research on applications of natural language processing (NLP) and the implications of advanced NLP for organizations and society. I am actively working on AI policy issues related to AI and national security.
I have written for Harvard Business Review, and my work has been featured in Time Magazine’s AI 100 edition, by Axios, and by Business Insider.
My current work focuses on AI loss of control response and resilience.
In my free time I enjoy spending time in the Tetons and playing with my 13-year old dog Cuda.
rossgritz<at>gmail.com