“Why is a human even doing this if it’s introducing bias and messing up the statistical validity of it? Why not just get a robot to do it? To this, they said that’s too hard, it’s not possible, machines can’t handle that yet; I didn’t and still don’t buy that [line of thinking].”

“I decided that needed to change. The world needs change and I need to start educating myself. If I want to create a solution for this field, then I need to research and try to find out what is a really pressing problem — what could be solved with AI robotics and what cannot.”

Raphael reveals his commitment to sustainability and making a change, from the discovery of his passion to the the relentless pursuit of bettering himself and society.

“I love design and innovation, but I’ve always felt that this power of design can be used for different purposes. Personally, the more I can use this towards building a fair, inclusive, and sustainable society, the better. I think I just want to spend all my waking hours working toward that.”