UC Berkeley Welcomes New Assistant Professor
jasondeanlee · x · 2026-07-16
The author announced they will be joining UC Berkeley next year as an assistant professor in the Statistics department, affiliated with Berkeley EECS.
They stated that their research will focus on a specific methodology: testing and improving the implicit world models of AI systems, aiming to make them more aligned with reality and human understanding.
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