Authors: L Qiu, F Sha, K Allen, Y Kim, T Linzen, S van Steenkiste
Year: 2026
Published in: Nature …, 2026 - nature.com
Institution: Meta, Google DeepMind, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Google Research, Google
Research Area: Probabilistic reasoning, Bayesian cognition, Neural language models, Reasoning, AI Evaluations
Discipline: Machine learning, Artificial Intelligence
This paper sits at the intersection of machine learning and computational cognitive science, showing that large language models can acquire generalized probabilistic reasoning by being trained to imitate Bayesian belief updating rather than relying on prompting or heuristics.
Citations: 8
