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Towards Reasoning in Large Language Models: A Survey (2023) (arxiv.org)
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In plain words: A survey gathers what is known about whether large language models truly reason, covering tricks that draw out reasoning and tests used to measure it. Bigger models show some reasoning skill, but the evidence is mixed and it remains unclear how far that skill really goes.

Abstract · Towards Reasoning in Large Language Models: A Survey

Reasoning is a fundamental aspect of human intelligence that plays a crucial role in activities such as problem solving, decision making, and critical thinking. In recent years, large language models (LLMs) have made significant progress in natural language processing, and there is observation that these models may exhibit reasoning abilities when they are sufficiently large. However, it is not yet clear to what extent LLMs are capable of reasoning. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge on reasoning in LLMs, including techniques for improving and eliciting reasoning in these models, methods and benchmarks for evaluating reasoning abilities, findings and implications of previous research in this field, and suggestions on future directions. Our aim is to provide a detailed and up-to-date review of this topic and stimulate meaningful discussion and future work.

Jie Huang, Kevin Chen-Chuan Chang
arXiv:2212.10403 · cs.CL, cs.AI · submitted Dec 20, 2022 · updated May 26, 2023
abstract · pdf · html · ACL 2023 Findings, 15 pages

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