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Mike Young @mikeyoung44

New Test Reveals AI Models Often Memorize Instead Of Think

New test "None of the Others" reveals AI models often memorize instead of think, showing current evaluation methods may overestimate reasoning abilities and highlighting memorization's larger role in LLM performance.

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New method "None of the Others" distinguishes true reasoning from memorization in LLM evaluations
Tests if models can identify wrong answers through logical elimination
Applied across multiple benchmark datasets with consistent results
Shows many current LLM evaluation metrics may overestimate reasoning abilities
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