Pierre de Klerk
“Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.”
„Man kann die Natur nur beherrschen, wenn man ihr gehorcht.“

Pierre de Klerk

“Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.”

„Man kann die Natur nur beherrschen, wenn man ihr gehorcht.“

Welcome.

I operate at the intersection of data science and systems engineering. My personal work is driven by a curiosity for how intelligence—both biological and artificial—navigates reality.

Personal Research:
On this site, specifically in the Other and Utopia sections, you will find my notes on rationality, systems theory, and the mechanics of understanding. This is where I explore the "source code" of complex systems.

Professional Work:
Professionally, I serve as a bridge between advanced AI systems and human safety infrastructure. I specialize in the sociotechnical integration of AI, ensuring that as systems scale, they remain aligned with human organizational needs.

Government bodies, regulators, and labs seeking expertise in AI compliance and safety architecture should visit Klerk Kognition.

“Utopist humanist, obeying reality to redesign it: beliefs are for actions, and nature to be commanded must be obeyed.”
“I work where data, people, and institutions meet; all statistical problems are decision problems, and the truth is common property.”
“It is a privilege to be a conscious entity; sociotechnical systems are how we decide what to do with that privilege.”

Thinking & Notes:

Willkommen.

Ich arbeite an der Schnittstelle von Data Science und Systems Engineering. Meine persönliche Arbeit wird von der Frage angetrieben, wie Intelligenz – biologisch wie künstlich – Realität verarbeitet.

Persönliche Forschung:
Auf dieser Seite, insbesondere in den Bereichen Other und Utopia, finden Sie meine Notizen zu Rationalität, Systemtheorie und den Mechanismen des Verstehens.

Berufliche Tätigkeit:
Beruflich fungiere ich als Brücke zwischen fortgeschrittenen KI-Systemen und menschlicher Sicherheitsinfrastruktur. Ich bin auf die soziotechnische Integration von KI spezialisiert und sorge dafür, dass skalierende Systeme mit menschlichen Organisationsstrukturen im Einklang bleiben.

Regierungsstellen, Regulatoren und Labore, die Expertise in KI-Compliance und Sicherheitsarchitektur suchen, verweise ich direkt auf Klerk Kognition.

„Utopischer Humanist, der der Realität gehorcht, um sie neu zu gestalten: Überzeugungen sind für Taten da, und die Natur muss gehorcht werden, um beherrscht zu werden.“
„Ich arbeite dort, wo Daten, Menschen und Institutionen aufeinandertreffen; alle statistischen Probleme sind Entscheidungsprobleme, und die Wahrheit ist Gemeingut.“
„Es ist ein Privileg, ein bewusstes Wesen zu sein; soziotechnische Systeme sind die Art und Weise, wie wir entscheiden, was wir mit diesem Privileg tun.“

Notizen

For the Utopist & Humanist Reflecting on human potential, agency, and the future.
“There is no justice in the laws of nature, no term for fairness in the equations of motion. The Universe is neither evil, nor good, it simply does not care. The stars don't care, or the Sun, or the sky. But they don't have to! We care! There is light in the world, and it is us!”
— Eliezer Yudkowsky
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
“You are free. Free of anything I do or say, and of any consequence. You may rest assured that all hurts are forgiven, all loveliness remembered, and treasured.”
— Walter Jon Williams
Knight Moves
“The future is already here, it's just unevenly distributed.”
— William Gibson
“If it's on our side, it can kill Moloch dead.”
— Scott Alexander
Meditations on Moloch
For the Data Scientist Reflecting on truth, models, and measurement.
“A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never sure.”
— Lee Segall
“The combination of some data and an aching desire for an answer does not ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body of data.”
— John Tukey
“When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”
— Goodhart’s Law
“The map is not the territory.”
— Alfred Korzybski
For the Sociotechnical Lead Reflecting on systems, complexity, and implementation.
“People, ideas, machines — in that order!”
— Colonel John Boyd
“The complexity you add to a complex system to prevent failure is itself a major source of failure.”
— Gwern.net Epigrams
“Gall’s Law: A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work.”
— John Gall
“Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.”
— Alan Perlis