I am a bounty hunter.
Payment of bounties is forbidden until lasting results.
Update: 2026.05. Here’s what’s possible:
— Daniel Tan, Emergent Misalignment coauthor, used to censor his intuitions and draw blanks in retrospectives; now he shares freely. He also got ~5 hours a day back. It took us seven weeks; it’s been nine months.
— Frontier lab researcher used to disagree with colleagues but say nothing. Two conversations later he was holding his ground with people he looked up to. A year and a half later he still pushes back and now runs his own team.
— Founding engineer was sitting on months of feedback and planning to leave. Two months later he shared what he had to say and the founders acted immediately. He stayed; he’s shipping again.
— Engineer used to avoid ambitious work projects. Within a month, he was starting projects others rallied around. Months later, he built a zip line. Two years on, he’s still happy to look dumb.
I’m a bounty hunter. Payment of bounties is forbidden until lasting results. Thank you to everyone who set bounties over the last two years.
If you influence frontier AI and notice something bottlenecked in yourself or others, I want to hear from you. dm the last moment you noticed it.
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Daniel
“You probably saved me a couple million haha”
—Founding engineer, well-known AI company
“It feels like magic, but for the magic to work, like you got to actually put in the work… Different than every other type of work I’ve done”
—Frontier AI researcher
One-week entrance exam, workouts required.
Bounty with accountability bond.
Priority for goals not achieved with therapy, coaching, and meditation retreats.
You agree to respond to follow-ups for years to come to help track long-term results.