Hello World.

In late 2019, I died. Then I had a terrible, terrible dream. Then I awoke—reborn into another life, another world.

My prison sentence ended in July 2025, but I am not yet out of the woods. Per my sentence, I still have 18-36 months of Probation where it is disturbingly easy to return me to prison. While on Probation, I am prioritizing personal recovery and development.

Prison was... hard. Actually it's still hard. I thank you all who wrote or simply thought about me, both then and now.

Life-wise, I am living in Columbia, Maryland, USA with my parents. I have a job at Georgetown University as a Research Affiliate. I am reachable at email address: hello at virgil dot gr.

This is old news to all of you, but I must say these Generative AI bots are pretty wild. I asked the Sora engine to create "a drawing of Virgil Griffith, long haired and buffer, being released from federal prison after a five year sentence." It returned this: