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.