--- title: "Samuel M. Taylor — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Samuel M. Taylor, University of California San Diego: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 1 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/samuel-m-taylor/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/samuel-m-taylor/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Samuel M. Taylor # Samuel M. Taylor Samuel M. Taylor has 2 papers in our library, in 2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Benjamin Bergen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/benjamin-bergen/), [Cameron R. Jones](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cameron-r-jones/), [Pamela D. Rivière](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/pamela-d-riviere/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5130924363) · [**h-index 1**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5130924363) · [4 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5130924363) · [2 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5130924363&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/samuel-m-taylor/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 2 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/samuel-m-taylor/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #12039](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/121/#star-12039) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Samuel+M.+Taylor) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Samuel+M.+Taylor) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Samuel+M.+Taylor) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Samuel+M.+Taylor) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of California San Diego** San Diego · United States 2026 · 4 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-san-diego/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 9 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Developmental and Educational Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/developmental-and-educational-psychology/) · [Safety Research · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/safety-research/) · [Social Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/social-psychology/) · [Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) · [Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/samuel-m-taylor/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Language Statistics and False Belief Reasoning: Evidence from 41 Open-Weight LMs](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/trott-2026-language-statistics-false-belief-reasoning/)** *(2026 · 3 citations)* This paper addresses a methodological weakness in studies that examine how language models reason about others' minds. 2. **[When Do Large Language Models Exhibit Unsolicited Deception?](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/taylor-2026-when-do-large-language-models/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* Earlier studies show that LLMs deceive well when told to. Evidence that they mislead others on their own initiative has been mostly anecdotal. Taylor and Bergen address this gap with a preregistered experiment grounded in signaling theory. ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Benjamin Bergen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/benjamin-bergen/) - [Cameron R. Jones](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/cameron-r-jones/) - [Pamela D. Rivière](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/pamela-d-riviere/) - [Sean Trott](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sean-trott/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/): [ACL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2026/) - [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/): [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL) 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/2026/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 2 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [1 citing paper with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/samuel-m-taylor/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026