I’m an American technologist and expert generalist from Dallas, Texas. Originally trained in physics, I have deep skills in AI, cognitive science, and software architecture. I currently work for Amazon Web Services, but my opinions are my own; I do not speak for them or any prior employer. Recently I’ve been active in defining a new conceptual grounding for AI alignment, and in researching aggregate (aka collective) intelligence. My long-term project is defining broad information theory (BIT), a new extension of information theory that formalizes how solutions from one domain of knowledge can be transferred to others.
Please note there are several different people named David Rostcheck on the internet; this is the academic website of the technologist from Dallas.
Guidance for Video Content Optimization Assistant on AWS (AWS Solution, 11/9/25)
Future Human Paths — an exercise in technology forecasting (6/8/25, also on Medium)
Quantum Foundations and Extension to Molecular Systems: From Hamiltonian Operators to Hückel Theory (mini-paper, summary of existing work)
The Elephant in the Room: Why AI Safety Demands Diverse Teams (w/ Lara Scheibling M.Ed) was presented at FICC 2025 (4/29/25) and published in the conference proceedings by Springer. Publication version:
The Elephant in the Room: Why AI Safety Demands Diverse Teams (w/ Lara Scheibling M.Ed) (4/21/24 - arixiv preprint, also web version)
Leopold Aschenbrenner’s “Situational Awareness” paper explained and critiqued (7/24/24, YouTube playlist)
Stochastic Parrots in the Chinese Room - Coming to Terms with Thinking Machines (5/21/23, also on Medium)