Socratic AI
CurrentFounder and Educator
- Design and lead AI education workshops for organizations
- Train teams to use AI for thinking, drafting, and revision
- Advise on practical, responsible AI adoption in creative workflows
About
As a writer, I relate to the world through words, stories, and ideas. But writing is also static: It’s sitting at a desk typing sentences on a screen.
Photography is embodied, visceral, spontaneous. After a day of staring at a screen, I love how different it feels from writing. I’m huddling in the photo pit, crouching trying to get a better angle, literally running after a movie star calling their name trying to get them to look back. It’s physical and chaotic and exhausting. It’s like being a sniper, looking through the telephoto lens, waiting and breathing, finger on the shutter ready to fire the instant the celebrity glances your way.
Like writing, photography is all craft and strategy. It’s about making decisions. But it’s a completely different part of my brain.
It’s also immediate gratification. If I write an article for a magazine, I might get an email from someone weeks later when it’s published. More likely I never hear about it. With a photo I can show it to someone and right away they might say, “Oh my god, I love it, you totally captured my personality!”
It’s making someone feel seen. That never happens with writing.
I’m a press photographer for Wikipedia and the founding photographer of the WikiPortraits initiative. I’ve covered the Nobel Prizes in Stockholm and Oslo, Sundance, SXSW, the Toronto International Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, and cultural events in New York, San Francisco, and Toronto.
I’m also a writer, writing professor, and AI educator. I taught storytelling at Yale. My work has appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, Wired, Harvard Business Review, and Psychology Today, where I was a senior editor. Most recently I worked at OpenAI, where I led the writing community.
Photography
Red carpet photography for Wikipedia, shot at film festivals, Nobel ceremonies, and cultural events around the world.
“The feeling I’m chasing is that moment when I show someone a photo I just took and they say, ‘Oh my God, I love this picture of me, you really captured who I am!’”
Jay Dixit
Most people land here looking for my photos. But I also teach AI workshops, write, and do consulting. If you want to talk about photography, writing, or what AI can actually do for your team, I’d love to hear from you.
Academic & Editorial
Writing & Teaching
Yale University
“The Art of Storytelling” - teaching writers how to make readers actually want to keep reading, using suspense, curiosity, and narrative structure.
Major Publications
Contributor to The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and Harvard Business Review.
Psychology Today
Senior editor for four years, covering psychology, behavior, and what makes people tick.
AI Work
Practical AI for writers, educators, and creative teams
My focus is hands-on: helping people use AI as a thought partner without losing voice, judgment, or craft.
OpenAI
PreviousCommunity Lead
- Led the writing community
- Built educator-focused programs and resources
- Developed frameworks for creative and ethical AI use