Quanta Magazine(@QuantaMagazine):LLM research could teach us a whole lot about how humans think. Large language models offer “a kind of sandbox for studying what sorts of mechanisms, what sorts of pressures, might have led to human introspective capacity,” said philosopher Harvey Lederman.

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2026.11.06 21:25

LLM research could teach us a whole lot about how humans think. Large language models offer “a kind of sandbox for studying what sorts of mechanisms, what sorts of pressures, might have led to human introspective capacity,” said philosopher Harvey Lederman.