Stan van Wingerden

Jan 17, 2025 | lesswrong.com | Jesse Hoogland |Stan van Wingerden

TLDR: We're hiring for research & engineering roles across different levels of seniority. Hires will work on applications of singular learning theory to alignment, including developmental interpretability. About UsTimaeus' mission is to empower humanity by making breakthrough scientific progress on alignment.

Jul 12, 2024 | lesswrong.com | Jesse Hoogland |Stan van Wingerden |Alexander Gietelink Oldenziel |Daniel Murfet

TLDR: We’re hiring two research assistants to work on advancing developmental interpretability and other applications of singular learning theory to alignment. About UsTimaeus’s mission is to empower humanity by making breakthrough scientific progress on alignment.

Feb 28, 2024 | lesswrong.com | Jesse Hoogland |Daniel Murfet |Stan van Wingerden |Alexander Gietelink Oldenziel

Timaeus was announced in late October 2023, with the mission of making fundamental breakthroughs in technical AI alignment using deep ideas from mathematics and the sciences. This is our first progress update.

Oct 22, 2023 | lesswrong.com | Jesse Hoogland |Daniel Murfet |Alexander Gietelink Oldenziel |Stan van Wingerden

Timaeus is a new AI safety research organization dedicated to making fundamental breakthroughs in technical AI alignment using deep ideas from mathematics and the sciences. Currently, we are working on singular learning theory and developmental interpretability. Over time we expect to work on a broader research agenda, and to create informed by our research. Our primary focus is research. For now, we're a remote-first organization.

Jul 12, 2023 | lesswrong.com | Alexander Gietelink Oldenziel |Stan van Wingerden |Jesse Hoogland |Daniel Murfet

Developmental interpretability is a research agenda that has grown out of a meeting of the Singular Learning Theory (SLT) and AI alignment communities. To mark the completion of the first SLT & AI alignment summit we have prepared this document as an outline of the key ideas.