Home People Sendhil Mullainathan People FacultyFaculty AI+DFaculty CSFaculty EEFaculty EmeritusLecturers Leadership Staff Instructors Peter de Florez Professor, Professor of EECS; Professor of Economics, Dual Appointment [AI+D] sendhil@mit.edu Latest News More News November 6, 2024 Despite its impressive output, generative AI doesn’t have a coherent understanding of the world Researchers show that even the best-performing large language models don’t form a true model of the world and its rules, and can thus fail unexpectedly on similar tasks. July 25, 2024 Department of EECS names new chair recipients The new chairs became effective July 1. July 25, 2024 Large language models don’t behave like people, even though we may expect them to A new study shows someone’s beliefs about an LLM play a significant role in the model’s performance and are important for how it is deployed.
