talks
a list of representative talks i've given
Potemkin Understanding in Large Language Models July 2025 I was invited give a talk to OpenAI’s Economic Reserach team. The talk involved how to evaluate and benchmark large language models for depth of conceptual understanding. Here are the slides. |
Governance of Emerging Technology and Tech Innovations for Next-Gen Governance: Potemkin Understanding April 2025 I gave an invited talk at Harvard’s GETTING-Plurality group (Ash Center). I talked about potemkin understanding in large language models. Here are the slides. |
Publish or Perish: Simulating how Researcher and Publisher Behaviors Impact Science July 2022 I gave a talk at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. My talk introduced a new theoretical model that frames science as a collective information-gathering process, using a multi-armed bandit framework. Here are the slides. |