Cognitive scientist Andrew Lampinen defends inferring mental states from behavior in LLM debate
AndrewLampinen · x · 2026-10-11
Replying to Dileep George's push on where mental states come from, Andrew Lampinen clarifies he isn't a dualist and stresses a foundational tenet of cognitive science: with the right manipulations, you can infer mental states and processes from external behavior in ways that help understand and predict behavior in other situations—part of an ongoing debate over whether anthropomorphic analogies to LLMs are warranted.
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