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Noah Goodman

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Co-founder at Humans&Professor of Psychology and of Computer Science at Stanford University

Goodman is known for formal models of human cognition, especially probabilistic approaches to language, learning, and reasoning. His research helped establish probabilistic programming as a way to express cognitive models and has influenced work on how AI systems can represent uncertainty, infer intent, and reason about other agents.

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Current roles
Co-founder 2026-present
Professor of Psychology and of Computer Science
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Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

Last editorial review: August 12, 2026

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