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When Chain-of-Thought Fails, the Solution Hides in the Hidden States
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Researchers conducted a mechanistic causal analysis to determine how Chain-of-Thought (CoT) tokens encode task-relevant information. They found that transferring hidden states from CoT generations can actually improve accuracy beyond the original reasoning trace, suggesting that the core problem-solving information is often present in the model's internal states even when the visible trace is flawed.
Why it matters
Hidden state manipulation may offer a more robust pathway to model intelligence than refining visible reasoning traces.
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