arXiv 2610.11765 · cs.CL · 2026-10-08
Thinking Inertia: LLMs Keep Thinking When Told Not To
Dianqiao Lei, Kevin Qinghong Lin, Pan Lu, Philip Torr, James Zou
Stanford University
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One-line takeaway
Shows LLMs keep reasoning even when told not to think, and proposes a three-level way to measure no-thinking behaviour.
发现大模型即使被要求“不思考”仍会偷偷推理，并提出衡量“无思考”行为的三级指标。
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