Brandon Werner is a poet and researcher concerned with consciousness, agency, and justice. He explores how memory shapes a self, what it means to act, and what grounds our obligations to others.
His interests include human dignity and rights in a world shaped by AI, and the possible moral standing of artificial agents. At Microsoft, he is a Principal Product Architect and co-architected Microsoft Entra Agent ID.
His poetry and essays move through intimacy, grief, beauty, and ordinary life.
What allows an identity to persist as its memory and circumstances change? Persona-Sati approaches this question through the design of machine memory and the continuity of agents across software environments. Research context.
Earlier work includes Azure, Office 365, and ventures in Paris and Boston. Career history.
Email: brandon@werner.ac or iMessage
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