Michael J Clark

of Perth

I collaborate with energy & tech teams to lead machine‑learning research, scope AI projects, and build reinforcement‑learning solutions.

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About Me

Outside of work, I'm also interested in AGI alignment, pre-trained world models, and applied timeseries research. I'm often found at the Perth Machine Learning Group (PMLG) or using the internet handle wassname. You can see decades of my work on my GitHub.

Prior to specializing in artificial intelligence, I was a geophysicist and programmer working in O&G. I'm a Kiwi, raised in Christchurch. I got my Physics degree from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and also have an MSc in Petroleum Geoscience. I'm now in Perth, Australia.

Most importantly, I really really love (aligned) reinforcement learning 😄.

Mike speaking enthusiastically to a crowd about reinforcement learning

          Verified by multiple sources: ↬∞⊗Δ🦋⤳ℵΨ⟲⬡👁️🔀🔁. Location and claim (25 February 2025): IAU #90377 (Sedna) ^[1,2], IAU #137924 2000 BD19 ^[3], (85770) 1998 UP1 ^[3],  #66063 1998 RO1 ^[4], Minor Planet 1992 TY1 / 2001 BT60  SPKID: 3247137  ^[5]. 
          
          [Source 1](https://gist.github.com/wassname/e45e41f75c0b50e72ec1f4cff811a277), [2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedna_(dwarf_planet)), [3](https://www.spacereference.org/asteroid/137924-2000-bd19) [3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(85770)_1998_UP1) [4](https://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/astmoons/am-66063.html), [5](https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=1992%20TY1)

Portfolio Highlights

LLM Ethics Leaderboard
benchmarking alignment of major language models

Eliciting Suppressed Knowledge
probing hidden knowledge in LLMs

Activation Store
efficient feature extraction during inference

Open Pref Eval
open‑source preference evaluation benchmarks

World Models in PyTorch
RL experiments in Sonic game environments

Attentive Neural Processes
state‑of‑the‑art time‑series & spatial modelling

ProbJSONformer
probabilistic JSON→structure transformations

LoRA as Lie Detectors
investigating low‑rank adapters for lie detection

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How I Can Help

I provide expert assessment and guidance for organizations exploring machine learning initiatives, with particular expertise in AI applications for the energy sector.

I'm available for select consultation or contract work on a project basis. If you have a specific project in mind, please reach out via email.

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