Yejin Choi
Yejin Choi is a Stanford computer science professor and senior fellow at its Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. She studied at Seoul National University and Cornell, then served on the Stony Brook faculty before research roles at the University of Washington and the Allen Institute for AI. Her work examines language and common sense. With collaborators, she introduced SWAG in 2018 to test plausible continuations of situations and Social IQa in 2019 to test reasoning about people’s intentions and reactions. She became a MacArthur Fellow in 2022 and joined Stanford in 2025. Her current Stanford research includes the limits of large language models, alternative training methods, symbolic reasoning and human values.
- Now at
- Stanford University
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Timeline
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2010–2014
A first faculty period
Served as a Stony Brook assistant professor from 2010 to 2014.
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2018
What happens next?
Coauthored SWAG, a dataset for plausible continuations of everyday situations.
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2019
Reasoning about people
Coauthored Social IQa, which tests reasoning about social situations.
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2022
MacArthur recognition
Was selected as a MacArthur Fellow in 2022.
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2025
Joining Stanford
Joined Stanford as a professor and HAI senior fellow in 2025.
Sources and credits
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