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<big>'''Organizers'''</big>
<big>'''Organizers'''</big>
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'''[https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/david-wolpert David Wolpert], SFI, and [https://engineering.washu.edu/faculty/Shantanu-Chakrabartty.html Shantanu Chakrabartty], London School of Economics '''<br>
'''[https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/david-wolpert David Wolpert], SFI, and [https://engineering.washu.edu/faculty/Shantanu-Chakrabartty.html Shantanu Chakrabartty], Washington University in St. Louis '''<br>
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<big>'''Working Group Dates'''</big>
<big>'''Working Group Dates'''</big>
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'''All times are Mountain Daylight Time (MDT).'''
'''All times are Mountain Daylight Time (MT).'''


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     <td><br></td>
     <td><br></td>
     <td align=center><b>Wednesday, December 10</b> </td>
     <td align=center><b>Tuesday, December 9</b> </td>
   <td><br></td>
   <td><br></td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
   <td>6:30-8:30 PM</td>
   <td>6:30-8:30 PM</td>
   <td>Opening reception, Hotel Santa Fe</td>
   <td>Opening reception, Hotel Santa Fe</td>
   <td> </td>  
   <td> </td>  
</tr>


<tr style = "background-color:#aaaaaa">
<tr style = "background-color:#aaaaaa">
     <td><br></td>
     <td><br></td>
     <td align=center><b>Thursday, December 11</b> </td>
     <td align=center><b>Wednesday, December 10</b> </td>
   <td><br></td>
   <td><br></td>
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<tr>
   <td>8:30-8:45 AM</td>
   <td>8:30-8:45 AM</td>
   <td>[https://melaniemitchell.me Melanie Mitchell], SFI <br> Welcome and Introduction</td>
   <td>[https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/david-wolpert David Wolpert], SFI <br> Welcome and Introduction</td>
   <td> </td>  
   <td> </td>  
</tr>
</tr>


<tr>
<tr>
   <td> 8:45-9:15 AM</td>
   <td> 8:45-9:15 AM</td>
  <td>[http://web.mit.edu/cocosci/josh.html Josh Tenenbaum], MIT <br> Scaling AI the Human Way: Building Machines That Understand the World as We Do, and That We Can Understand</td>
<td> SPEAKER <br> TALK TITLE</td>  
   <td> </td>  
   <td> </td>  
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   <td> 9:30-10:00 AM</td>
   <td> 9:30-10:00 AM</td>
  <td> [https://annargrs.github.io/ Anna Rogers], IT University of Copenhagen <br> Machine Reading, Fast and Slow: When Do Models “Understand” Language? </td>
<td> SPEAKER <br> TALK TITLE</td>  
  <td></td>
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</tr>
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   <td>10:30-11:00 PM</td>
   <td>10:30-11:00 PM</td>
  <td>[https://research.google/people/106776/ Blaise Agüera y Arcas], Google </td>
<td> SPEAKER <br> TALK TITLE</td>  
  <td> </td>  
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</tr>
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<tr>  
   <td>11:15-11:45 PM</td>
   <td>11:15-11:45 PM</td>
  <td>[https://anna-ivanova.net/ Anna Ivanova], MIT <br> Language Understanding Goes Beyond Language Processing </td>
<td> SPEAKER <br> TALK TITLE</td>  
   <td> </td>  
   <td> </td>  
</tr>
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   <td>1:00-1:30 PM</td>
   <td>1:00-1:30 PM</td>
  <td>[https://tallinzen.net/ Tal Linzen], NYU <br> Language models can learn semantics, no matter how you define it</td>
<td> SPEAKER <br> TALK TITLE</td>  
   <td> </td>  
   <td> </td>  
</tr>
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   <td>1:45-2:15 PM</td>
   <td>1:45-2:15 PM</td>
  <td>[https://rtmccoy.com/ Tom McCoy], Princeton <br> Bridging the Divide Between Vectors and Symbols</td>
<td> SPEAKER <br> TALK TITLE</td>  
   <td> </td>  
   <td> </td>  
</tr>
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<tr>
<td> 3:30-4:00 PM</td>
<td> 3:30-4:00 PM</td>
<td> [https://www.harvardlds.org/our-labs/spelke-labspelke-lab-members/elizabeth-spelke/ Liz Spelke], Harvard <br> Human Intelligence:  Insights from Infants</td>  
<td> SPEAKER <br> TALK TITLE</td>  
<td></td>  
<td></td>  
</tr>
</tr>


<tr>
<tr>
<td> 4:00-4:15 PM</td>
<td> 4:00-4:30 PM</td>
   <td>Discussion</td>
   <td>Discussion</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
</tr>
</tr>


<tr>
  <td>4:15-4:45 PM</td>
  <td>[http://yann.lecun.com/ Yann LeCun], Meta AI, NYU </td>
  <td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 4:45-5:00 PM</td>
  <td>Discussion</td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
</tr>


<td> 5:15 PM</td>
<td> 5:00 PM</td>
   <td>Shuttle to Hotel Santa Fe</td>
   <td>Shuttle to Hotel Santa Fe</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
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<td> 6:30 PM</td>
<td> 6:30 PM</td>
   <td>Group dinner at La Choza</td>
   <td>Group dinner at ???</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
</tr>
</tr>


<tr style = "background-color:#aaaaaa">
<tr style = "background-color:#aaaaaa">
  <td><br></td>
    <td><br></td>
  <td align=center><b>Friday, December 12</b> </td>
    <td align=center><b>Thursday, December 11</b> </td>
<td> <br> </td>
  <td><br></td>
</tr>
</tr>


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<tr>
   <td>8:00 - 8:30 AM</td>
   <td>8:00-8:30 AM</td>
   <td>Breakfast at Santa Fe Institute</td>
   <td>Breakfast at Santa Fe Institute</td>
   <td> </td>  
   <td> </td>  
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<tr>
<tr>
   <td> 8:30-9:00 AM</td>
   <td>8:30-8:45 AM</td>
   <td>[https://www.momen-nejad.org/ Ida Momennejad], Microsoft Research<br> Cognitive Maps in Large Language Models </td>
   <td>[https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/david-wolpert David Wolpert], SFI <br> Welcome and Introduction</td>
  <td> </td>
</tr>
 
 
<tr>
  <td> 8:45-9:15 AM</td>
<td> SPEAKER <br> TALK TITLE</td>
  <td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 9:15-9:30 AM</td>
  <td>Discussion</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
</tr>
</tr>


<td> 9:00-9:15 PM</td>
<tr>
  <td> 9:30-10:00 AM</td>
<td> SPEAKER <br> TALK TITLE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 10:00-10:15 AM</td>
   <td>Discussion</td>
   <td>Discussion</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
</tr>
</tr>


<tr>
  <td> 10:15-10:30 AM</td>
  <td> Coffee Break </td>
  <td></td>
</tr>


<tr>
  <td>10:30-11:00 PM</td>
<td> SPEAKER <br> TALK TITLE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
  <td> 9:15-9:45 AM</td>
<td> 11:00-11:15 AM</td>
   <td>[http://blam-lab.org/index.php/people/john-krakauer/ John Krakauer], Johns Hopkins and SFI <br> What Understanding Adds to Cambrian intelligence</td>
   <td>Discussion</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
</tr>
</tr>
<td> 9:45-10:00 AM</td>
 
<tr>
  <td>11:15-11:45 PM</td>
<td> SPEAKER <br> TALK TITLE</td>
  <td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 11:45-12:00 PM</td>
   <td>Discussion</td>
   <td>Discussion</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
</tr>
</tr>


<td> 10:00-10:15 AM</td>
<td> 12:00-1:00 PM</td>
   <td>Coffee Break</td>
   <td>Lunch</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
</tr>
</tr>


<tr>
  <td>1:00-1:30 PM</td>
<td> SPEAKER <br> TALK TITLE</td>
  <td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
  <td> 10:15-10:45 AM</td>
<td> 1:30-1:45 PM</td>
   <td>[http://alisongopnik.com/ Alison Gopnik], UC Berkeley and SFI <br>
   <td>Discussion</td>
  Imitation and Innovation in AI and Children: Generative AIs Are Cultural Technologies, Not Agents</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
</tr>
</tr>
<td> 10:45-11:00 AM</td>
 
<tr>
  <td>1:45-2:15 PM</td>
<td> SPEAKER <br> TALK TITLE</td>
  <td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 2:15-2:30 PM</td>
   <td>Discussion</td>
   <td>Discussion</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
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<tr>
  <td> 11:00-11:30 AM</td>
<td> 2:30-3:30 PM</td>  
   <td>[https://lawschool.unm.edu/faculty/gipson-rankin/index.html Sonia Gipson Rankin], University of New Mexico <br> Decoding the Law: What will LLMs Mean Under the Law?</td>
   <td>Afternoon Break</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
</tr>
</tr>
<td> 11:30-11:45 AM</td>
 
<tr>
<td> 3:30-4:00 PM</td>
<td> SPEAKER <br> TALK TITLE</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
 
<tr>
<td> 4:00-4:30 PM</td>
   <td>Discussion</td>
   <td>Discussion</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
</tr>
</tr>


<td> 11:45-1:00 PM</td>
</tr>
   <td>Lunch</td>
 
<td> 5:00 PM</td>
   <td>Shuttle to Hotel Santa Fe</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
</tr>
</tr>
<td> </td>
  <td>Dinner on your own</td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
<tr style = "background-color:#aaaaaa">
  <td><br></td>
  <td align=center><b>Friday, December 12</b> </td>
<td> <br> </td>
</tr>


<tr>
<tr>
   <td> 1:00-1:30 PM</td>
   <td>7:30 AM</td>
   <td>[https://dileeplearning.github.io/ Dileep George], DeepMind</td>
  <td>Shuttle from Hotel Santa Fe to Santa Fe Institute</td>
  <td> </td>
</tr>
 
<tr>
  <td>8:00-8:30 AM</td>
  <td>Breakfast at Santa Fe Institute</td>
  <td> </td>
</tr>
 
<tr>
  <td>8:30-8:45 AM</td>
   <td>[https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/david-wolpert David Wolpert], SFI <br> Welcome and Introduction</td>
  <td> </td>
</tr>
 
 
<tr>
  <td> 8:45-9:15 AM</td>
<td> SPEAKER <br> TALK TITLE</td>
  <td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 9:15-9:30 AM</td>
  <td>Discussion</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
</tr>
</tr>
<td> 1:30-1:45 PM</td>
 
<tr>
  <td> 9:30-10:00 AM</td>
<td> SPEAKER <br> TALK TITLE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 10:00-10:15 AM</td>
   <td>Discussion</td>
   <td>Discussion</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
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<tr>
<tr>
   <td> 1:45-2:15 PM</td>
   <td> 10:15-10:30 AM</td>
   <td>[http://www.zenna.org/ Zenna Tavares], Columbia University and Basis Research Institute</td>
  <td> Coffee Break </td>
  <td></td>
</tr>
 
 
<tr>  
   <td>10:30-11:00 PM</td>
<td> SPEAKER <br> TALK TITLE</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 11:00-11:15 AM</td>
  <td>Discussion</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
</tr>
</tr>
<td> 2:15-2:30 PM</td>
 
<tr>
  <td>11:15-11:45 PM</td>
<td> SPEAKER <br> TALK TITLE</td>
  <td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 11:45-12:00 PM</td>
   <td>Discussion</td>
   <td>Discussion</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
</tr>
</tr>


<td> 2:30-3:30 PM</td>
<td> 12:00-1:00 PM</td>
   <td>Afternoon Break</td>
   <td>Lunch</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
</tr>
</tr>


<tr>
  <td>1:00-1:30 PM</td>
<td> SPEAKER <br> TALK TITLE</td>
  <td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
  <td> 3:30-4:00 PM</td>
<td> 1:30-1:45 PM</td>
   <td>[https://psychology.berkeley.edu/people/celeste-kidd Celeste Kidd], UC Berkeley <br> Latent Diversity in Human Concepts</td>
   <td>Discussion</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
</tr>
</tr>
<td> 4:00-4:15 PM</td>
 
<tr>
  <td>1:45-2:15 PM</td>
<td> SPEAKER <br> TALK TITLE</td>
  <td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> 2:15-2:30 PM</td>
   <td>Discussion</td>
   <td>Discussion</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
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  <td> 4:15-4:45 PM</td>
<td> 2:30-3:30 PM</td>  
   <td>[https://anthro.ucla.edu/person/erica-cartmill/ Erica Cartmill], UCLA <br> How Do We Know What an Animal Understands?</td>
   <td>Afternoon Break</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
</tr>
</tr>
<td> 4:45-5:00 PM</td>
 
<tr>
<td> 3:30-4:00 PM</td>
<td> SPEAKER <br> TALK TITLE</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
 
<tr>
<td> 4:00-4:30 PM</td>
   <td>Discussion</td>
   <td>Discussion</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
</tr>
</tr>


<td> 5:15 PM</td>
</tr>
 
<td> 5:00 PM</td>
   <td>Shuttle to Hotel Santa Fe</td>
   <td>Shuttle to Hotel Santa Fe</td>
   <td></td>
   <td></td>
</tr>
</tr>


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Organizers

David Wolpert, SFI, and Shantanu Chakrabartty, Washington University in St. Louis

Working Group Dates

December 10-12, 2025

Agenda

All times are Mountain Daylight Time (MT).



Tuesday, December 9
6:30-8:30 PM Opening reception, Hotel Santa Fe

Wednesday, December 10
7:30 AM Shuttle from Hotel Santa Fe to Santa Fe Institute
8:00-8:30 AM Breakfast at Santa Fe Institute
8:30-8:45 AM David Wolpert, SFI
Welcome and Introduction
8:45-9:15 AM SPEAKER
TALK TITLE
9:15-9:30 AM Discussion
9:30-10:00 AM SPEAKER
TALK TITLE
10:00-10:15 AM Discussion
10:15-10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:30-11:00 PM SPEAKER
TALK TITLE
11:00-11:15 AM Discussion
11:15-11:45 PM SPEAKER
TALK TITLE
11:45-12:00 PM Discussion
12:00-1:00 PM Lunch
1:00-1:30 PM SPEAKER
TALK TITLE
1:30-1:45 PM Discussion
1:45-2:15 PM SPEAKER
TALK TITLE
2:15-2:30 PM Discussion
2:30-3:30 PM Afternoon Break
3:30-4:00 PM SPEAKER
TALK TITLE
4:00-4:30 PM Discussion
5:00 PM Shuttle to Hotel Santa Fe
6:30 PM Group dinner at ???

Thursday, December 11
7:30 AM Shuttle from Hotel Santa Fe to Santa Fe Institute
8:00-8:30 AM Breakfast at Santa Fe Institute
8:30-8:45 AM David Wolpert, SFI
Welcome and Introduction
8:45-9:15 AM SPEAKER
TALK TITLE
9:15-9:30 AM Discussion
9:30-10:00 AM SPEAKER
TALK TITLE
10:00-10:15 AM Discussion
10:15-10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:30-11:00 PM SPEAKER
TALK TITLE
11:00-11:15 AM Discussion
11:15-11:45 PM SPEAKER
TALK TITLE
11:45-12:00 PM Discussion
12:00-1:00 PM Lunch
1:00-1:30 PM SPEAKER
TALK TITLE
1:30-1:45 PM Discussion
1:45-2:15 PM SPEAKER
TALK TITLE
2:15-2:30 PM Discussion
2:30-3:30 PM Afternoon Break
3:30-4:00 PM SPEAKER
TALK TITLE
4:00-4:30 PM Discussion
5:00 PM Shuttle to Hotel Santa Fe
Dinner on your own

Friday, December 12
7:30 AM Shuttle from Hotel Santa Fe to Santa Fe Institute
8:00-8:30 AM Breakfast at Santa Fe Institute
8:30-8:45 AM David Wolpert, SFI
Welcome and Introduction
8:45-9:15 AM SPEAKER
TALK TITLE
9:15-9:30 AM Discussion
9:30-10:00 AM SPEAKER
TALK TITLE
10:00-10:15 AM Discussion
10:15-10:30 AM Coffee Break
10:30-11:00 PM SPEAKER
TALK TITLE
11:00-11:15 AM Discussion
11:15-11:45 PM SPEAKER
TALK TITLE
11:45-12:00 PM Discussion
12:00-1:00 PM Lunch
1:00-1:30 PM SPEAKER
TALK TITLE
1:30-1:45 PM Discussion
1:45-2:15 PM SPEAKER
TALK TITLE
2:15-2:30 PM Discussion
2:30-3:30 PM Afternoon Break
3:30-4:00 PM SPEAKER
TALK TITLE
4:00-4:30 PM Discussion
5:00 PM Shuttle to Hotel Santa Fe
Dinner on your own