zstuddiford.bsky.social
Cognitive Science PhD @UCSanDiego | Studying mechanisms in human and LLM reasoning
👤 Joined on 21 October 2025
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@zstuddiford.bsky.social'We were all right all along, just focusing on different levels of abstraction.' is kind of my motto these days.
Show PostAre LLMs conscious? Do they have moral worth? To find out, we reached out to philosopher Peter Singer. He suggested any response to our inquiry would negatively impact total utility.
Show PostDo LLMs reason by pattern matching? Why, yes they do! But as we argue here, so do people! @zstuddiford.bsky.social started this work 4 years ago when he was a freshman in my lab. Zach is now at UCSD w/ Ben Bergen and I couldn't be more proud of him and of this project. Have a look!
Show PostZach is awesome!! Check out his latest with Gary:
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