The Counterfactual
Sean TrottCognitive Science, statistics, AI.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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In what sense—if any—are LLMs "model organisms" for the study of human cognition?
My main interest in large language models (LLMs) has always been scientific. I’m interested in whether and how LLMs can inform specific, longstanding debates in Cognitive Science, such as the causal mechanisms underlying the acquisition of ...
Situation models: a cognitively plausible abstraction
A common point of contention in discussions about Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT revolves around the notion of a “world model”: specifically, whether LLMs acquire something like a robust world model through their training process...
The necessity (and complexity) of fixed points in measurement
An ongoing challenge in developing a reliable science of large language models (LLMs) is understanding and predicting their behavior. This is, in part, a problem of measurement—in both an empirical and a philosophical sense. Long-time reade...
Healthy minds and sick souls
As some readers might know, I occasionally write about books I’m reading over at The Leaky Margin. In some cases, when those essays touch on themes that are also relevant to themes I discuss at The Counterfactual, I post them here too. This...
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