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Posts
Oh, My Innumerable Mes
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Whose thoughts are an LLM’s thoughts? An essay on simulators, simulacra, and the strange question of who is doing the thinking when a language model thinks.
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Chatsubo
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Mixed reality installation involving real-time multi-agent interactions, exhibited at Metamersion: Healing Algorithms (Lisbon, 16–18 May 2024).
portfolio
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publications
Emerging Human-like Strategies for Semantic Memory Foraging in Large Language Models
Published in Mechanistic Interpretability Workshop at NeurIPS 2025, 2025
Workshop paper on emergent human-like search strategies in LLMs performing semantic memory foraging.
Recommended citation: Lacosse, E., Duarte, M., Todd, P., McNamee, D.C. (2025). "Emerging Human-like Strategies for Semantic Memory Foraging in Large Language Models." Mechanistic Interpretability Workshop at NeurIPS 2025.
Artificial Intelligence Models Can Track and Collaboratively Modulate Human Memory Search Dynamics
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) (in press), 2026
Joint work showing that AI models can track and collaboratively modulate human memory search dynamics in a semantic foraging task.
Recommended citation: Lacosse, E.*, Duarte, M.*, Todd, G., Todd, P.M., McNamee, D.C. (in press, 2026). "Artificial Intelligence Models Can Track and Collaboratively Modulate Human Memory Search Dynamics." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). (*Equal contribution).
Thinking About Thinking With Machines That Think
Published in Post-AGI Science and Society Workshop at ICLR 2026, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2026
Workshop paper on how collaborations with LLMs can change human thinking trajectories.
Recommended citation: Mainen, Z.F., Stein Brito, C., Duarte, M., Sandru, A.R., Neelabh, K., Gingeira, M.L., Zuo, M., Decaix, P., Assaf, D.Y., Xu, A.Z. (2026). "Thinking About Thinking With Machines That Think." Post-AGI Science and Society Workshop at ICLR 2026.
research
Cognitive alignment between humans and LLMs in a memory foraging task
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MSc thesis project investigating whether large language models exhibit human-like search dynamics in a semantic memory foraging task.
Mapping LLM decision-making in computational psychiatry parameter space
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Rotation project characterising LLM behaviour on canonical decision-making tasks from computational psychiatry, and locating model behaviour within the parameter space of standard cognitive models.
Independent Research Project – Self and Introspection in Large Language Models
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Exploratory project investigating the role of self-referential processing in introspective awareness in LLMs using probing and steering techniques.
talks
Facilitating Cognitive Synergy Between Humans and AI
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Duarte, M., Lacosse, E., Todd, P.M., McNamee, D. Facilitating Cognitive Synergy Between Humans and AI. Responsible AI Forum, November 2024, Porto, Portugal. Winner of the SPARK award.
Artificial intelligence models can track and collaboratively modulate human memory search dynamics
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Upcoming spotlight talk based on Duarte, M., Lacosse, E., Todd, P., McNamee, D.C.
teaching
Teaching experience 1
Undergraduate course, University 1, Department, 2014
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Teaching experience 2
Workshop, University 1, Department, 2015
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