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Johannes C. Mayer

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S-Ex­pres­sions as a De­sign Lan­guage: A Tool for De­con­fu­sion in Align­ment

Johannes C. Mayer19 Jun 2025 19:03 UTC
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Con­strain­ing Minds, Not Goals: A Struc­tural Ap­proach to AI Alignment

Johannes C. Mayer13 Jun 2025 21:06 UTC
25 points
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The In­san­ity De­tec­tor and Writing

Johannes C. Mayer7 Mar 2025 11:19 UTC
20 points
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The Le­gacy of Com­puter Science

Johannes C. Mayer29 Dec 2024 13:15 UTC
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Ve­gans need to eat just enough Meat—em­per­i­cally eval­u­ate the min­i­mum am­mount of meat that max­i­mizes utility

Johannes C. Mayer22 Dec 2024 22:08 UTC
55 points
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Do­ing Sport Reli­ably via Dancing

Johannes C. Mayer20 Dec 2024 12:06 UTC
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Goal: Un­der­stand Intelligence

Johannes C. Mayer3 Nov 2024 21:20 UTC
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A Cable Holder for 2 Cent

Johannes C. Mayer6 Sep 2024 11:01 UTC
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Why Reflec­tive Sta­bil­ity is Important

Johannes C. Mayer5 Sep 2024 15:28 UTC
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Play­ing Minecraft with a Superintelligence

Johannes C. Mayer17 Aug 2024 22:47 UTC
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Cheap White­boards!

Johannes C. Mayer8 Aug 2024 13:52 UTC
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White­board Pen Magaz­ines are Useful

Johannes C. Mayer12 Jul 2024 17:15 UTC
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Scan­ning your Brain with 100,000,000,000 wires?

Johannes C. Mayer1 Jun 2024 18:37 UTC
6 points
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A Bi-Mo­dal Brain Model

Johannes C. Mayer22 May 2024 20:10 UTC
12 points
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Fund me please—I Work so Hard that my Feet start Bleed­ing and I Need to In­fil­trate University

Johannes C. Mayer18 May 2024 19:53 UTC
22 points
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If you are as­sum­ing Soft­ware works well you are dead

Johannes C. Mayer4 May 2024 12:54 UTC
0 points
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How to write Pseu­docode and why you should

Johannes C. Mayer2 May 2024 15:53 UTC
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White­board Pro­gram Tra­ce­ing: De­bug a Pro­gram Be­fore you have the Code

Johannes C. Mayer2 May 2024 15:30 UTC
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[Question] What are the Ac­tivi­ties that make up your Re­search Pro­cess?

Johannes C. Mayer2 May 2024 15:01 UTC
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[Question] How do you Select the Right Re­search Ac­i­tivity in the Right Mo­ment?

Johannes C. Mayer2 May 2024 14:45 UTC
6 points
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