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Dissertation Talk: Towards Understanding and Improving Large Language Model Reasoning
Southside
This dissertation talk uncovers the math behind how Large Language Models actually reason. Hanlin Zhu explores how AI solves unseen tasks, when it hallucinates, and new methods to improve thinking beyond chain-of-thought prompting.
Academic lecture
PhD dissertation
AI research
Computer science
Tips
🎓open to the public, not just students
💻watch live via Zoom link
🧠covers cutting-edge reasoning research
Dissertation Talk: Towards Understanding and Improving Large Language Model Reasoning
Southside
This dissertation talk uncovers the math behind how Large Language Models actually reason. Hanlin Zhu explores how AI solves unseen tasks, when it hallucinates, and new methods to improve thinking beyond chain-of-thought prompting.
Academic lecture
PhD dissertation
AI research
Computer science
Tips
🎓open to the public, not just students
💻watch live via Zoom link
🧠covers cutting-edge reasoning research
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