JohnHammersley

4,365 karmajoined September 17, 2012On HN

PhD in Mathematical Physics. Co-founded Overleaf (formerly writeLaTeX). Previously designed control systems for driverless cars at Ultra PRT. Fascinated by science and the mathematics of the world.

Recent submissions

The Waymo effect: how AI is quietly making research less collaborative researchagenda.news
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The Scientific Challenge Atlas micde.umich.edu
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The Andrews–Curtis Conjecture (ACC) Challenge competition.sair.foundation
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The Waymo effect: how AI is quietly making research less collaborative researchagenda.news
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AI and the Practical Scientist scholarlyfutures.substack.com
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Frontier models, transparency and trust; a new golden age in research for some?scholarlyfutures.substack.com
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We've solved many medical mysteries. Where are the cures? [video]ted.com
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Lea – An agent backbone for mathematician-led formalization vida-nyu.github.io
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Frontier models, transparency and trust; a new golden age in research for some?scholarlyfutures.substack.com
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The Apache Lesson for AI asimovaddendum.substack.com
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Frontier models, transparency and trust; a new golden age in research for some?scholarlyfutures.substack.com
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Google's Westinghouse Bet asimovaddendum.substack.com
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Owner of bike maker Raleigh files for insolvency bbc.co.uk
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Frontier models, transparency and trust; a new golden age in research for some?scholarlyfutures.substack.com
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Frontier models, transparency and trust; a new golden age in research for some?scholarlyfutures.substack.com
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Pre-Modern Armies for Worldbuilders: Officials, Contractors and Professionals acoup.blog
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The Encyclopedia's Own Library medium.com
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Echoes from Another Place scholarlyfutures.substack.com
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The Most Predictable Edit in History medium.com
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Scholarly Futures: AI and the practical scientist scholarlyfutures.substack.com
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Echoes from Another Place scholarlyfutures.substack.com
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The Collaborative Exoskeleton of AI Science asimovaddendum.substack.com
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Scholarly Futures: AI and the practical scientist scholarlyfutures.substack.com
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AI and the Practical Scientist scholarlyfutures.substack.com
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CERN to host a new phase of Open Research Europe home.cern
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OpenAI makes $1B deal to bring Disney characters to ChatGPT and Sora bbc.co.uk
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Episteme: A New System for Science epistemescience.substack.com
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Google Pacman – Halloween 2025 searchplayground.google
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The Unknotting Number Is Not Additive divisbyzero.com
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Great North Run medals show wrong city and river bbc.co.uk
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