Hello World.

In late 2019, I died. I passed-over into a Kafkaesque nightmare. Then I awoke——reborn into another body, 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 frighteningly 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.

It is difficult to help someone in prison. You can only experience your loved one through a small keyhole while they are going through all manner of suffering and adaptation you don’t understand. It's normal not to know what to do, what to say. In speaking to friends since my release, they feel guilt for not helping more during my incarceration. To all reading this: I release you from that guilt and I forgive you. I invite you back into my life.

In present day, 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.

In April 2025 I first touched ChatGPT. This is old news to you on the Outside, but I must say these generative AIs 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: