Anonymous independent researcher known for prolific, deeply-researched long-form essays spanning AI scaling, statistics, psychology, genetics, and technology. His site gwern.net is one of the most cited independent research resources online.
Influences & Inspirations
Based on primary sources — interviews, essays, and posts where Gwern directly cited these thinkers as influences.
Richard Feynman
Adopted his method of keeping a dozen favorite problems to test new ideas against.