How do LLMs think about thinking?

Mei Chen

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About

ML research engineer at Renaissance Philanthropy. I build AI products and do mechanistic safety research.

Interests

  • AI safety. Mechanistic interpretability; a model's internal thought process, what it says versus what it thinks; probing and steering the residual stream.
  • Intuition. Making beautiful things, discovering my unknown unknowns, energetic connection with the universe.
  • Art. Music channeling, jams, production.

Recent updates

  • Knowing Before Saying accepted at MATH-AI, NeurIPS 2026.
  • GeoGenBench talk at AIME-Con; poster at MATH-AI.
  • On Metaphysical Connection with the AI, talk at The Science of Consciousness. Slides
  • Applying to PhD programs.

Education

  • MASc, Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo.
  • BHSc, Health Sciences, McMaster University.