Bio

Caleb is an Alabama-born hacker-turned-artist who specializes in Waves. Caleb started getting interested in waves around 2012 when he got interested in how sound works from a mathematical perspective. This led to a line of research into the mathematical nature of waves which resulted in him giving a talk at O'Reilly Open Source Convention in 2013 (notebook from talk here).

Soon thereafter, Caleb became interested in using wave math to do radio hacking. Using custom code and some of the wave mathematics he learned exploring sound, Caleb was able to communicate with various digital wireless devices. He demonstrated the ability to do things like break into cars and bypass security systems with these techniques. He gave a talk at DEF CON 25 (in 2017) on the topic of radio hacking. Caleb also worked at Mandiant (one of the top cybersecurity firms in the world) during this period.

While exploring sound and radio, Caleb started visualizing waves. And around 2016, Caleb built an open-source graphing program called Truthy Graph which allowed for a more beautiful visualization of math. It works by not graphing only where an equation is exactly true, but also where it is nearly true (in mathematical parlance, this would be referred to as an "error gradient"). These efforts led Caleb to start pursuing mathematical art as an end in itself around 2019. And in 2024, Caleb found the "lenticular hologram" medium, which allowed him to capture some of his mathematical art in a physical medium (pieces animate as you walk past them). Caleb gave a talk on the topic of moving from radio hacking to visual art at a hacker conference called Cyphercon.

Also, around 2020, Caleb quit working at Mandiant to work with his brother to bulid a startup in Colombia (an effort that ultimately failed). They then decided to get back to their mathematical roots and started an Artificial Intelligence consulting company called Mad Consulting. These days, Caleb continues to work at Mad Consulting, and also continues pursuing his visual art at gods.art. Caleb has also been exploring the vibrational nature of Intelligence (especially in conjunction with Artificial Intelligence). And he has found that intelligence does indeed operate in a wave-like matter (which shouldn't be a surprise, given that "brain waves" are a thing).

After living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for about 12 years, Caleb now lives in the ~wavy~ mountains of North Georgia with his wife and 2 boys in a little town called Ellijay.

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