/notes /2025-10-05

There is a growing body of research into LLM self-awareness but I am particularly fascinated by the “evaluation awareness” research by Anthropic into the Hawthorne effect in LLMs. (h/t to @futureshape.bsky.social for the connection)

I posted this in October 2025 during week 2691.

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