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Kival Mahadew

Improving small language models with reinforcement learning @QuickAI

Researching Active Inference and Multi-Agent Systems @Shocklab

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Journal article 2026

Inferring Affective Consciousness in an Artificial Agent: A Case Study

Mark Solms, St John Grimbly, Bruce Bassett, Evert Boonstra, Rowan Hodson, Nicolas Kuske, Kival Mahadew, Benjamin Rosman, Charel van Hoof, Jonathan Shock

Journal of Consciousness Studies, 33(7–8), 14–34

Preprint 2026

Intention Inference Under Execution Noise: Separating Aleatoric and Epistemic Uncertainty in Social Dilemmas

Kival Mahadew, Jonathan Shock

arXiv preprint arXiv:2608.02440

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Stuff

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Langguin @ A2SV Grand Finals Ethiopia

2024

EvolutionChess 2022

2nd Place — BBD Software Hackathon