notes

Literature reviews, methodology notes, and theoretical foundations supporting the research arc.


foundations

NoteDescription
CyberneticsTheoretical foundation: control, feedback, requisite variety, levels of learning
Machine PsychologyThe discipline: Hagendorff et al.’s call to study LLMs through behavioral experiments

literature reviews

NoteDescription
LLM PsychometricsKey finding: self-report doesn’t predict interactive behavior
LLM-as-JudgeMethodology review: using LLMs to evaluate behavioral responses

methodology

NoteDescription
Measuring SycophancySurvey of approaches for measuring sycophancy in LLMs
Behavioral Evaluation ToolsReview of Anthropic’s Petri and Bloom tools

research questions

NoteDescription
Memory and DriftHow do memory systems affect behavioral drift? (draft)

See also: Research Questions, Artifacts, Research Log