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When is it fair to say a model “believes” or “wants”?

Collect about 50 recent safety papers and lab blog posts. Code every mental-state verb applied to a model (believes, wants, knows, lies, schemes) and note the evidence each claim rests on.

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Why it matters

A strong group project because the coding can be split up, and the guide it produces is useful to writers and readers alike.

Output: A coded corpus and a short guide built on Dennett’s predictive test and Shanahan’s caution.

Getting started

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  1. Write your question in one sentence.

  2. Spend 30 minutes finding what has already been written about it.

  3. Collect evidence in a simple table: claim, source, how strong.

  4. Draft 1–2 pages: answer first, then reasons, then uncertainties.

  5. Ask one person to poke holes in it, revise, and share.

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