Lihao Sun

Hi there! I recently graduated from the University of Chicago, with a B.S. in Computer Science and a B.A. (Honors) in Cognitive Science.

I seek to understand intelligence better. My concrete research interests center on understanding why and how LLMs demonstrate impressive capabilities and, at times, undesirable or unsafe behaviors. By applying and developing mechanistic interpretability tools, I aim to illuminate mechanisms that drive these outcomes and to design principled methods that can reliably reshape a model’s internals and outputs. Ultimately, I hope this line of inquiry helps us reflect more deeply on what it means to learn, think, and be human.

During my undergraduate years, I was fortunate to collaborate with Prof.Xuechunzi Bai, Prof. Chengzhi Mao, Dr. Andrew Lee, and Dr. Valentin Hofmann.

I’m also an indie music enthusiast, music magazine writer, startup builder, and competition math specialist. You can learn more about my life in this tab.

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