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The search for more efficient LLMs
On efforts to do more with less.
Sep 17 • Sean Trott
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Language models and language change: recent evidence
A review of emerging empirical data.
Aug 29 • Sean Trott
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Language models and the ineffable
The limits of our language-based benchmarks are the limits of our language.
Aug 15 • Sean Trott
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Poll results, and other updates
A tie between an explainer on model efficiency and an empirical survey of the interpretability literature.
Aug 3 • Sean Trott
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Counterfactual poll
Poll for July/August, 2025
Jul 22 • Sean Trott
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Vision-language models (VLMs), explained (pt. 2)
The view from Cognitive Science.
Jul 21 • Sean Trott
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Newsletter updates
Papers, projects, and a new newsletter.
Jul 13 • Sean Trott
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How I started studying large language models
It all comes back to what we mean by what we say.
Jul 7 • Sean Trott
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