I´m a computer science student. I have lots of interests and I´m really passionate about the things I do. Not much of a party guy, but I love to meet new people, have conversations and learn about their motivations, knowledge and experience. I love to go hitchikking, people is sooo much nicer than one is led to believe.

For the last 3 years I've been recording one second of my life everyday. Each year I make a video compiling all the year.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I think the best part of travelling is the people you meet along the way. Last summer I went hitchiking on my own for the first time and met a lot of great people.

Interests

I believe that you can learn anything from the internet. I really enjoy that we live in a time where so many tools are avaliable and so accesible. You want to make a movie? A 3D animation? A virtual reality game? An artificial intelligence to generate music? All the software is avaliable :D! All you need is Google and Youtube.

My two main interests recently are artificial intelligence and realtime art installations. I would like to make something that combines the two.

Although I'm studing, I'm always working in projects that allow me to learn new things. Some of those can be found in my website: www.benjavides.com

• theater
• documentaries
• hiking
• programming
• meeting new people
• long walks
• virtual reality
• video editing
• artificial intelligence
• aerial silks
• creative coding
• projection mapping
• medial arts
• interdisciplinary work

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Electric Light Orchestra
Movies: Fight Club, Pulp Fiction, American History X, The Godfather, City of God, Inglourious Basterds, Snatch, 12 Angry Men, Annie Hall, Relatos Salvajes.
Directors: Almodovar, Woody Allen, Tarantino, Wes Anderson
Series: Black Mirror, Breaking Bad, Rick and Morty
TV: Cosmos, Nathan 4 You, Would I lie to you
Podcasts: Radiolab, Invisibilia,Hello Internet, No Dumb Questions, The Unmade podcast, Risk, Couples Therapy

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Jumped out of a plane!
7 day walk in Torres del Paine, Patagonia.
EscapeRoom with a zombie in San Francisco.

Teach, Learn, Share

I would love to teach about programming or about the state of the art and future of artificial intelligence. Maybe video editing, some software, realtime art installations, projection mapping... I don't know, I really like to teach when the other person wants to learn.
I know a little bit of piano, would like to learn more. I know several songs, but don't know much theory. I would like to learn more about art (paintings), I feel like I can't appreciate it because I don't know much about it.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Brazil, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile