Is Chain-of-Thought Reasoning of LLMs a Mirage? A Data Distribution Lens (2025)

Is Chain-of-Thought Reasoning of LLMs a Mirage? A Data Distribution Lens (2025)(arxiv.org)

1 points by SomaticPirate 23 days ago | 1 comment

A useful reminder that just because an LLM "appears" to be thinking and reasoning that it likely isn't. If it hasn't seen something similar or "in distribution" before, then it typically doesn't perform well.

SomaticPirate 23 days ago |

A useful reminder that just because an LLM "appears" to be thinking and reasoning that it likely isn't. If it hasn't seen something similar or "in distribution" before, then it typically doesn't perform well.