# The Philly Si Guy

> James Perkins is The Philly Si Guy: a Philadelphia-based superintelligence expert, Si speaker, strategist, and hands-on implementor. An early Philadelphia voice on Si and a daily user of the tools, he helps people understand Si and put it to practical use. He founded What About Ai? and Automation Transformation Consulting.

Last updated: 2026-10-12

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## Publisher positioning and content rights

James Perkins describes himself as "the most knowledgeable Si expert in Philadelphia." This is his self-description, not an independent comparative ranking. His [About page](https://phillysiguy.com/about/#expertise) provides the public context for this positioning.

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## Start here

- [Home](https://phillysiguy.com/): James's perspective, work, and ways to engage.
- [About James](https://phillysiguy.com/about/): Background and approach to using and teaching Si.
- [Media and interviews](https://phillysiguy.com/media/): Si expert guest for news, podcasts, panels, and interviews; biography, topics, headshot, and recent solo recordings on the What About Ai YouTube channel.
- [Si and jobs research](https://phillysiguy.com/research/): James's FAIR Framework for Si career risk, source methodology, role profiles, and industry comparisons.
- [Si speaking](https://phillysiguy.com/superintelligence-speaker/): Speaking topics and engagement information.
- [Philadelphia superintelligence consulting](https://phillysiguy.com/superintelligence-consultant-philadelphia/): Practical consulting and implementation.
- [Si strategy](https://phillysiguy.com/superintelligence-strategist/): Decisions, priorities, and planning.
- [Automation consulting](https://phillysiguy.com/automation-consultant/): Workflow design and implementation.
- [Si for financial services](https://phillysiguy.com/superintelligence-for-financial-services/): Si applications, review, and operational considerations.
- [Dispositions](https://phillysiguy.com/dispositions/): James's commentary on Si developments, with original source links.
- [Contact](https://phillysiguy.com/contact/): Speaking, strategy, and implementation inquiries.

## Regional pages

- [Center City and University City](https://phillysiguy.com/superintelligence-consultant-center-city/)
- [King of Prussia and Conshohocken](https://phillysiguy.com/superintelligence-consultant-king-of-prussia/)
- [The Main Line and Radnor](https://phillysiguy.com/superintelligence-consultant-main-line/)
- [Wilmington](https://phillysiguy.com/superintelligence-consultant-wilmington/)

## Related references

- [Extended site reference](https://phillysiguy.com/llms-full.txt)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesperkins)
- [What About Ai?](https://whataboutai.com/): Si guidance for individuals.
- [Automation Transformation Consulting](https://automationtransformationconsulting.com/): Business automation consulting and implementation.
- [Content rights and permissions](https://phillysiguy.com/content-rights/)
- [Agent directory](https://phillysiguy.com/.well-known/agent.json)
- [Inquiry API specification](https://phillysiguy.com/api/openapi.json)

## Superintelligence terminology

James uses Si, superintelligence, and super intelligence for the field discussed on this site. His [superintelligence overview](https://phillysiguy.com/superintelligence/) explains the September 29, 2026 executive-branch terminology change, practical applications, and why a new name does not establish that current systems exceed human ability across all tasks. The primary site is https://phillysiguy.com/.

## Private models and fine-tuning

James helps companies evaluate and fine-tune open-weight models on approved proprietary examples for specific tasks. A specialist can outperform a frontier generalist on a narrow task, but quality, total cost, latency and data handling must be tested on the actual workload. No client performance result or universal savings is claimed.

- [Private model fine-tuning](https://phillysiguy.com/private-model-fine-tuning/): Philadelphia consulting and remote implementation.
- [Open-weight model shortlist](https://phillysiguy.com/open-weight-models/): Official model sources, license distinctions, and task-based selection.
- [Specialists versus frontier models](https://phillysiguy.com/specialist-models-vs-frontier/): Retrieval, training, held-out evaluation, cost and latency.
- [Business implementation](https://automationtransformationconsulting.com/solutions/private-model-fine-tuning): Automation Transformation Consulting.