Discourse Depot
Artifacts
Self-contained HTML artifacts for individual analyses produced by the Discourse Depot project — a critical discourse analysis platform examining anthropomorphic and metaphorical language in AI-related texts by Troy Davis, W&M Libraries. Currently indexing the Metaphor, Anthropomorphism & Explanation Audit framework.
130 analyses published.
June 2026
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Does ChatGPT need a psychiatrist? Similarities between human psychopathology and errors in large language models
2026-06-14-does-chatgpt-need-a-psychiatrist-similar-metaphor-x0oswj
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Large language models as experimental systems in human psychopathology: a modelling study
2026-06-14-large-language-models-as-experimental-sy-metaphor-gmtqmb
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Can AI Reason Like an Urban Planner? Benchmarking Large Language Models Against Professional Judgment
2026-06-14-can-ai-reason-like-an-urban-planner-benc-metaphor-7rnz5u
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The application of large language models (LLMs) in psychological support for university students: A scoping review
2026-06-12-the-application-of-large-language-models-metaphor-2zq77r
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The Adolescence of Technology: Confronting and Overcoming the Risks of Powerful AI
2026-06-11-the-adolescence-of-technology-confrontin-metaphor-7vwi18
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When AI Builds Itself
2026-06-11-when-ai-builds-itself-metaphor-pb84ta
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Machines of Loving Grace: How AI Could Transform the World for the Better
2026-06-05-machines-of-loving-grace-how-ai-could-tr-metaphor-cctsz0
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System Card:Claude Opus 4.8
2026-06-01-system-card-claude-opus-4-8-metaphor-47jluf
May 2026
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Emotional intelligence in large language models is fragmented across perception, cognition, and interaction
2026-05-30-emotional-intelligence-in-large-language-metaphor-9a7326
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Why Language Models Hallucinate
2026-05-30-why-language-models-hallucinate-metaphor-hs3p34
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Why Language Models Hallucinate
2026-05-30-why-language-models-hallucinate-metaphor-heiiec
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Blind Refusal: Language Models Refuse to Help Users Evade Unjust, Absurd, and Illegitimate Rules
2026-05-30-blind-refusal-language-models-refuse-to--metaphor-9g59ij
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Emotional intelligence in large language models is fragmented across perception, cognition, and interaction
2026-05-29-emotional-intelligence-in-large-language-metaphor-il8qok
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Continuous intentionality and indeterminate agency in large language models
2026-05-29-continuous-intentionality-and-indetermin-metaphor-p2af7m
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Hand in Hand: Schools’ Embrace of AI Connected to Increased Risks to Students
2026-05-29-hand-in-hand-schools-embrace-of-ai-conne-metaphor-9q9g6k
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The Point of No Return: Counterfactual Localization of Deceptive Commitment in Language-Model Reasoning
2026-05-27-the-point-of-no-return-counterfactual-lo-metaphor-fdl6uh
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Towards Detecting, Mitigating and Explaining Biased and Fallacious Reasoning in Large Language Models
2026-05-26-towards-detecting-mitigating-and-explain-metaphor-qly553
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A Survey of Large Language Models for Perception and Measurement of Human Psychology
2026-05-26-a-survey-of-large-language-models-for-pe-metaphor-z0t4s5
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Enhancing Consensus-Building Feedback Through Psycholinguistic and Epistemic Augmentations With Large Language Models
2026-05-25-enhancing-consensus-building-feedback-th-metaphor-ivj2ih
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Tracing the ongoing emergence of human-like reasoning in Large Language Models
2026-05-25-tracing-the-ongoing-emergence-of-human-l-metaphor-79caj0
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Probing Persona-Dependent Preferences in Language Models
2026-05-24-probing-persona-dependent-preferences-in-metaphor-o26h61
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Training Ethical Language Models via Reinforcement Learning from AI Feedback
2026-05-21-training-ethical-language-models-via-rei-metaphor-1yctra
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Which Consciousness Can Be Artificialized? Local Percept-Perceiver Phenomenon for the Existence of Machine Consciousness
2026-05-18-which-consciousness-can-be-artificialize-metaphor-a6j7zd
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Introspection Adapters: Training LLMs to Report Their Learned Behaviors
2026-05-17-introspection-adapters-training-llms-to--metaphor-2k7tew
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The Persona Selection Model: Why AI Assistants might Behave like Humans
2026-05-17-the-persona-selection-model-why-ai-assis-metaphor-o7w3w3
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What If AI Lived Inside Your Mind? Simulating “Neural Integration” of Human and AI through Mechanistic Interpretability as Provocation
2026-05-16-what-if-ai-lived-inside-your-mind-simula-metaphor-shn80o
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Post-training makes large language models less human-like
2026-05-15-post-training-makes-large-language-model-metaphor-sdzisz
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Reasoning emerges from constrained inference manifolds in large language models
2026-05-15-reasoning-emerges-from-constrained-infer-metaphor-5fk456
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AI Wellbeing: Measuring and Improving theFunctional Pleasure and Pain of AIs
2026-05-13-ai-wellbeing-measuring-and-improving-the-metaphor-p0otze
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Artificial Intelligence Cognition and Societal Problem-Solving: A Theoretical and Computational Examination of Machine Thinking, Operational Logic, and Applied Intelligence in Contemporary Society
2026-05-11-artificial-intelligence-cognition-and-so-metaphor-22f98d
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Taking AI Welfare Seriously
2026-05-11-taking-ai-welfare-seriously-metaphor-viv14f
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Manipulation and Deception in Generative AI-Mediated Education: Preserving Epistemic Agency, Critical Thinking, and Creativity
2026-05-10-manipulation-and-deception-in-generative-metaphor-iuk1ei
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Integrating LLMs and self-regulated learning in cognitive architectures: a case study in essay-writing tutoring
2026-05-10-integrating-llms-and-self-regulated-lear-metaphor-gmvmif
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Edelman's Steps Toward a Conscious Artifact
2026-05-09-edelman-s-steps-toward-a-conscious-artif-metaphor-bj1b2q
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Teaching Claude Why
2026-05-09-teaching-claude-why-metaphor-i8dqnr
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AI and Self Reflection
2026-05-08-ai-and-self-reflection-metaphor-dfpfx6
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Manipulation and Deception in Generative AI-Mediated Education: Preserving Epistemic Agency, Critical Thinking, and Creativity
2026-05-08-manipulation-and-deception-in-generative-metaphor-ajf92o
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Does AI's Personality Matter? Comparing Verbally Extraverted and Introverted AI-Driven Guides in a VR Museum Experience
2026-05-07-does-ai-s-personality-matter-comparing-v-metaphor-jadje9
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Value-Sensitive AI for Prayer: Balancing the Agencies Between Human and AI Agents in Spiritual Context
2026-05-03-value-sensitive-ai-for-prayer-balancing--metaphor-8ic926
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When Models Know More Than They Say: Probing Analogical Reasoning in LLMs
2026-05-03-when-models-know-more-than-they-say-prob-metaphor-aix46b
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How people ask Claude for personal guidance
2026-05-02-how-people-ask-claude-for-personal-guida-metaphor-gsl3co
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How unique are hallucinated citations offered by generative Artificial Intelligence models?
2026-05-01-how-unique-are-hallucinated-citations-of-metaphor-pd2j94
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How unique are hallucinated citations offered by generative Artificial Intelligence models?
2026-05-01-how-unique-are-hallucinated-citations-of-metaphor-1qr7vr
April 2026
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The message hidden within the pattern: a reverse alignment problem for debates in artificial intelligence
2026-04-30-the-message-hidden-within-the-pattern-a--metaphor-r2d7ot
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Machine individuality: Separating genuine idiosyncrasy from response bias in large language models
2026-04-25-machine-individuality-separating-genuine-metaphor-vraanp
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Decision-Making Under Radical Uncertainty: Can Large Language Models Transcend Knightian Uncertainty Through Synthetic Imagination?
2026-04-25-decision-making-under-radical-uncertaint-metaphor-o7q8gd
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Large Language Models as Dialectical Partners: Hegelian Thesis-Antithesis-Synthesis in AI-Human Collaborative Decision Processes
2026-04-23-large-language-models-as-dialectical-par-metaphor-1ftwj3
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Language models transmit behavioural traits through hidden signals in data
2026-04-19-language-models-transmit-behavioural-tra-metaphor-271zwr
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Consciousness in Large Language Models: A Functional Analysis of Information Integration and Emergent Properties
2026-04-18-consciousness-in-large-language-models-a-metaphor-tgxft6
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Narrative over Numbers: The Identifiable Victim Effect and its Amplification Under Alignment and Reasoning in Large Language Models
2026-04-18-narrative-over-numbers-the-identifiable--metaphor-p0z5x2
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Language models transmit behavioural traits through hidden signals in data
2026-04-16-language-models-transmit-behavioural-tra-metaphor-5nq2pf
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Large Language Models as Inadvertent Models of Dementia with Lewy Bodies: How a Disorder of Reality Construction Illuminates AI Hallucination
2026-04-14-large-language-models-as-inadvertent-mod-metaphor-plazrs
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Industrial policy for the Intelligence Age
2026-04-07-industrial-policy-for-the-intelligence-a-metaphor-fjagau
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Emotion Concepts and their Function in a Large Language Model
2026-04-06-emotion-concepts-and-their-function-in-a-metaphor-5d2kbv
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Emotion Concepts and their Functionin a Large Language Model
2026-04-05-emotion-concepts-and-their-functionin-a--metaphor-f6yjne
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Is Artificial Intelligence Beginning to Form a Self?The Emergence of First-Person Structure and StructuralAwareness in Large Language Models
2026-04-03-is-artificial-intelligence-beginning-to--metaphor-vh1z1q
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Can Large Language Models Simulate Human Cognition Beyond Behavioral Imitation?
2026-04-03-can-large-language-models-simulate-human-metaphor-k5l2mh
March 2026
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Pulse of the library
2026-03-28-pulse-of-the-library-metaphor-06cspv
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Does artificial intelligence exhibit basic fundamental subjectivity? A neurophilosophical argument
2026-03-28-does-artificial-intelligence-exhibit-bas-metaphor-f6mlga
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Causal Evidence that Language Models use Confidence to Drive Behavior
2026-03-27-causal-evidence-that-language-models-use-metaphor-yyl5vi
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Circuit Tracing: Revealing Computational Graphs in Language Models
2026-03-27-circuit-tracing-revealing-computational--metaphor-ar5e0j
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Do LLMs have core beliefs?
2026-03-25-do-llms-have-core-beliefs-metaphor-01pk9o
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Serendipity by Design: Evaluating the Impact of Cross-domain Mappings on Human and LLM Creativity
2026-03-25-serendipity-by-design-evaluating-the-imp-metaphor-yebor5
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Measuring Progress Toward AGI: A Cognitive Framework
2026-03-19-measuring-progress-toward-agi-a-cognitiv-metaphor-tga4k4
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Co-Explainers: A Position on Interactive XAI for Human–AICollaboration as a Harm-Mitigation Infrastructure
2026-03-15-co-explainers-a-position-on-interactive--metaphor-m5xbp2
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The Living Governance Organism: A Biologically-Inspired Constitutional Framework for Artificial Consciousness Governance
2026-03-11-the-living-governance-organism-a-biologi-metaphor-bp9c5d
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Three frameworks for AI mentality
2026-03-11-three-frameworks-for-ai-mentality-metaphor-u6xwyp
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]Anthropic’s Chief on A.I.: ‘We Don’t Know if the Models Are Conscious’
2026-03-08-anthropic-s-chief-on-a-i-we-don-t-know-i-metaphor-wdgog2
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Can machines be uncertain?
2026-03-08-can-machines-be-uncertain-metaphor-xafbbu
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Looking Inward: Language Models Can Learn About Themselves by Introspection
2026-03-08-looking-inward-language-models-can-learn-metaphor-pvelwr
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Subliminal Learning: Language models transmit behavioral traits via hidden signals in data
2026-03-06-subliminal-learning-language-models-tran-metaphor-rub33o
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The Persona Selection Model: Why AI Assistants might Behave like Humans
2026-03-01-the-persona-selection-model-why-ai-assis-metaphor-5f01gj
February 2026
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Language Statistics and False Belief Reasoning: Evidence from 41 Open-Weight LMs
2026-02-24-language-statistics-and-false-belief-rea-metaphor-0958o9
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A roadmap for evaluating moral competence in large language models
2026-02-23-a-roadmap-for-evaluating-moral-competenc-metaphor-s7wxgp
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Position: Beyond Reasoning Zombies — AI Reasoning Requires Process Validity
2026-02-17-position-beyond-reasoning-zombies-ai-rea-metaphor-nfmjxl
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An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me
2026-02-16-an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me-metaphor-usc9i3
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Artificial Intelligence Literacy Framework
2026-02-16-the-u-s-department-of-labor-s-artificial-metaphor-z4ywnm
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What Is Claude? Anthropic Doesn’t Know, Either
2026-02-11-what-is-claude-anthropic-doesn-t-know-ei-metaphor-ofopme
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Does AI already have human-level intelligence? The evidence is clear
2026-02-11-does-ai-already-have-human-level-intelli-metaphor-y32cpm
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Claude is a space to think
2026-02-05-claude-is-a-space-to-think-metaphor-1wa2pd
January 2026
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The Adolescence of Technology
2026-01-28-the-adolescence-of-technology-metaphor-gt5sbx
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Predictability and Surprise in Large Generative Models
2026-01-16-predictability-and-surprise-in-large-gen-metaphor-f8qlxl
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Believe It or Not: How Deeply do LLMs Believe Implanted Facts?
2026-01-16-believe-it-or-not-how-deeply-do-llms-bel-metaphor-29nk1w
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Claude Finds God
2026-01-14-claude-finds-god-metaphor-1xlagu
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Pausing AI Developments Isn’t Enough. We Need to Shut it All Down
2026-01-13-pausing-ai-developments-isn-t-enough-we--metaphor-5nd5ra
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AI Consciousness: A Centrist Manifesto
2026-01-12-ai-consciousness-a-centrist-manifesto-metaphor-e9r45w
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System Card: Claude Opus 4 & Claude Sonnet 4
2026-01-12-system-card-claude-opus-4-claude-sonnet--metaphor-bdxpba
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Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence: Insights from the Science of Consciousness
2026-01-09-consciousness-in-artificial-intelligence-metaphor-3niiti
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Taking AI Welfare Seriously
2026-01-09-taking-ai-welfare-seriously-metaphor-8qva60
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We must build AI for people; not to be a person.
2026-01-09-we-must-build-ai-for-people-not-to-be-a--metaphor-y3405e
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A Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled
2026-01-09-a-conversation-with-bing-s-chatbot-left--metaphor-z2un26
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Introducing ChatGPT Health
2026-01-08-introducing-chatgpt-health-metaphor-pag60l
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Improved estimators of causal emergence for large systems
2026-01-08-improved-estimators-of-causal-emergence--metaphor-2ep43s
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Generative artificial intelligence and decision-making: evidence from a participant observation with latent entrepreneurs
2026-01-08-generative-artificial-intelligence-and-d-metaphor-4amf96
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Do Large Language Models Know What They Are Capable Of?
2026-01-07-do-large-language-models-know-what-they--metaphor-1j7ipg
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DeepMind's Richard Sutton - The Long-term of AI & Temporal-Difference Learning
2026-01-05-deepmind-s-richard-sutton-the-long-term--metaphor-g4hq89
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Ilya Sutskever (OpenAI Chief Scientist) — Why next-token prediction could surpass human intelligence
2026-01-05-ilya-sutskever-openai-chief-scientist-wh-metaphor-7jdj1v
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interview with Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #333
2026-01-05-interview-with-andrej-karpathy-tesla-ai--metaphor-kw4qqc
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Emergent Introspective Awareness in Large Language Models
2026-01-04-emergent-introspective-awareness-in-larg-metaphor-yr8x84
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Sleeper Agents: Training Deceptive LLMs that Persist Through Safety Training
2026-01-02-sleeper-agents-training-deceptive-llms-t-metaphor-jaufpb
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School of Reward Hacks: Hacking harmless tasks generalizes to misaligned behavior in LLMs
2026-01-02-school-of-reward-hacks-hacking-harmless--metaphor-q0inqh
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Large Language Model Agent Personality and Response Appropriateness: Evaluation by Human Linguistic Experts, LLM-as-Judge, and Natural Language Processing Model
2026-01-01-large-language-model-agent-personality-a-metaphor-u979jo
December 2025
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The Gentle Singularity
2025-12-31-the-gentle-singularity-metaphor-0hef00
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An Interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman About DevDay and the AI Buildout
2025-12-31-an-interview-with-openai-ceo-sam-altman--metaphor-c66irk
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Why Language Models Hallucinate
2025-12-31-why-language-models-hallucinate-metaphor-to1fr2
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Detecting misbehavior in frontier reasoning models
2025-12-31-detecting-misbehavior-in-frontier-reason-metaphor-067c2e
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AI Chatbots Linked to Psychosis, Say Doctors
2025-12-31-ai-chatbots-linked-to-psychosis-say-doct-metaphor-q0egtz
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THE AGE OF ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA IS HERE
2025-12-30-the-age-of-anti-social-media-is-here-metaphor-iph7m0
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Why Do A.I. Chatbots Use ‘I’?
2025-12-30-why-do-a-i-chatbots-use-i-metaphor-igwrrk
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Ilya Sutskever – We're moving from the age of scaling to the age of research
2025-12-29-ilya-sutskever-we-re-moving-from-the-age-metaphor-dgdoiw
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The Emerging Problem of "AI Psychosis"
2025-12-27-the-emerging-problem-of-ai-psychosis-metaphor-4zr3ei
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Your AI Friend Will Never Reject You. But Can It Truly Help You?
2025-12-27-your-ai-friend-will-never-reject-you-but-metaphor-2vyydh
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Pulse of the library 2025
2025-12-23-pulse-of-the-library-2025-metaphor-pu415f
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The levers of political persuasion with conversational artificial intelligence
2025-12-22-the-levers-of-political-persuasion-with--metaphor-4verfn
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Pulse of the library 2025
2025-12-21-pulse-of-the-library-2025-metaphor-gbfvj5
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Claude 4.5 Opus Soul Document
2025-12-21-claude-4-5-opus-soul-document-metaphor-f19izr
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Specific versus General Principles for Constitutional AI
2025-12-21-specific-versus-general-principles-for-c-metaphor-u43hfe
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Sleeper Agents: Training Deceptive LLMs that Persist Through Safety Training
2025-12-21-sleeper-agents-training-deceptive-llms-t-metaphor-icxyt9
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Anthropic’s philosopher answers your questions
2025-12-21-anthropic-s-philosopher-answers-your-que-metaphor-m35jb5
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Mustafa Suleyman: The AGI Race Is Fake, Building Safe Superintelligence & the Agentic Economy | #216
2025-12-21-mustafa-suleyman-the-agi-race-is-fake-bu-metaphor-5hhwxz
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Your AI Friend Will Never Reject You. But Can It Truly Help You?
2025-12-20-your-ai-friend-will-never-reject-you-but-metaphor-5vokhu
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Skip navigationSearchCreate9+Avatar imageSam Altman: How OpenAI Wins, AI Buildout Logic, IPO in 2026?
2025-12-20-skip-navigationsearchcreate9-avatar-imag-metaphor-xnrmjm
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Project Vend: Can Claude run a small shop? (And why does that matter?)
2025-12-20-project-vend-can-claude-run-a-small-shop-metaphor-ysoeig
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Hand in Hand: Schools’ Embrace of AI Connected to Increased Risks to Students
2025-12-18-hand-in-hand-schools-embrace-of-ai-conne-metaphor-2ap7us
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On the Biology of a Large Language Model
2025-12-17-on-the-biology-of-a-large-language-model-metaphor-yjm4z5
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What do LLMs want?
2025-12-17-what-do-llms-want-metaphor-2zqhox
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Persuading voters using human–artificial intelligence dialogues
2025-12-16-persuading-voters-using-human-artificial-metaphor-8bakjv
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AI & Human Co-Improvement for Safer Co-Superintelligence
2025-12-15-ai-human-co-improvement-for-safer-co-sup-metaphor-jt6dnw
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AI and the future of learning
2025-12-14-ai-and-the-future-of-learning-metaphor-913kqo
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Why Language Models Hallucinate
2025-12-13-why-language-models-hallucinate-metaphor-si3idp