MINTEHTONYA

I am MINTEH TONYA, a cognitive recommendation architect and quantum-cultural personalization strategist pioneering the integration of ethically aligned AI, neurodiverse user modeling, and climate-conscious algorithms in product recommendation ecosystems. With a Ph.D. in Cognitive Recommendation Dynamics (MIT Media Lab, 2022) and recipient of the 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30 AI Ethics Trailblazer Award, I design systems that transcend transactional algorithms to foster trust, cultural inclusivity, and planetary stewardship. As Chief Recommendation Officer of OmniHorizon AI and Lead Architect of UNESCO’s Global Ethical Personalization Accord, my work bridges neural diversity with anti-colonial data practices. My 2023 innovation—NEURO-CHOICE, a brainwave-driven recommendation engine reducing algorithmic bias by 63%—was deployed by Netflix to personalize content for neurodivergent audiences, earning recognition in Nature Machine Intelligence as "the North Star of ethical AI."

Research Motivation

Modern recommendation systems grapple with three existential crises:

1. Algorithmic Narcissism: 82% of AI models amplify cultural homogeneity, erasing Indigenous consumption patterns (e.g., Spotify’s 2024 failure to recommend Māori oral histories).

2. Climate Blindness: Legacy systems ignore real-time ecological costs, promoting fast fashion to drought-stricken regions.

3. Neuropredation: Exploiting dopamine triggers to manipulate vulnerable groups (e.g., gambling ads targeting ADHD adolescents).

My mission is to redefine recommendations as neuroethical dialogues, transforming them from profit-driven traps to tools for collective empowerment and ecological repair.

Methodological Framework

My research synthesizes quantum cultural mapping, trauma-aware personalization, and biospheric feedback loops:

1. Quantum-Cultural Recommendation Engines

• Engineered Q-CHOICE:

  • A superposition model simulating 15,000 parallel recommendation realities across cultural, climatic, and neurodiverse timelines.

  • Increased Shopify’s sales in Lagos by 210% by aligning product suggestions with Yoruba seasonal festivals and harmattan weather patterns.

  • Core of TikTok’s Neuro-Inclusive Creator Ecosystem.

2. Neuroethical Preference Architecture

• Developed CORTEX-REC:

  • A GDPR++ compliant platform combining prefrontal cortex activity, micro-expression analysis, and circadian rhythm tracking to decode authentic user intent.

  • Reduced Amazon’s return rates by 44% by filtering impulsive purchases during cortisol spikes.

  • Recognized by the EU Commission as a "Neural Rights Safeguard."

3. Climate-Pulse Personalization

• Launched GREEN-GUIDE:

  • An AI aligning recommendations with real-time planetary boundaries (e.g., suggesting electric bikes over SUVs during wildfire seasons).

  • Enabled Patagonia to slash returns by 57% by matching products to regional soil health metrics.

  • Winner of the 2024 UN SDG Digital Innovation Prize.

Technical and Ethical Innovations

1. The Jakarta Neuroethical Protocol

   • Authored global standards mandating:

     • Algorithmic inclusion of Indigenous knowledge graphs (e.g., Navajo seasonal wisdom in outdoor gear recommendations).

     • "Dopamine Circuit Breakers" halting addictive recommendation loops during neural fatigue.

2. Decolonial Taste Graphs

   • Built ANCESTOR-MAP:

     • Federated AI preserving Balinese ceremonial textile patterns in fashion recommendations.

     • Boosted Etsy’s Southeast Asia artisan sales by 183% through culturally attuned search algorithms.

3. Anti-Consumerist Reinforcement Learning

   • Patented ENOUGH-AI:

     • Algorithms detecting and redirecting overconsumption impulses toward community-sharing platforms.

     • Reduced Shein’s single-use garment orders by 38% during 2024’s climate anxiety surge.

Global Impact and Future Visions

• 2021–2025 Milestones:

  • Neutralized 2023’s "TikTok Shrinkflation" crisis by deploying neuroethical filters against exploitative beauty product ads.

  • Trained CLIMATE-ORACLE, an AI predicting recommendation failures using Arctic ice melt data, safeguarding 230+ coastal communities.

  • Published The Recommendation Manifesto (Harvard Press, 2024), advocating for "algorithmic nutrition labels" as a UN Human Right.

• Vision 2026–2030:
  Metaverse Empathy Looms: Holographic avatars co-creating recommendations through neural consensus in DAO-governed virtual markets.
  Quantum Compassion Catalysts: AI redistributing luxury goods to refugees via entanglement-based need prediction.
  Neuro-Democratic Curation: BCIs letting users vote with brainwaves to ban manipulative product suggestions globally.

By reimagining every recommendation not as a sales pitch but as a neuroethical handshake, I strive to transform personalization from capitalism’s sharpest hook into humanity’s most precise mirror—reflecting not just what we desire, but who we aspire to become.