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Larger AI Models Like GPT-4 Better At Compressing Reasoning

Large language models like GPT-4 & Claude excel at compressing their own reasoning, outperforming smaller models. Compression ability correlates with reasoning performance, but CoT increases token usage despite improving accuracy.

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Research examines how well LLMs compress their own reasoning
Introduces token complexity to measure compression effectiveness
Shows LLMs struggle to efficiently compress their own reasoning
Claude and GPT-4 have better self-compression than smaller models
Compression ability correlates with reasoning performance
Chain-of-Thought increases...