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Reasoning is topologically simple

Nov 2026 · 0 citations · 129 references
Computer Science

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The hypothesis that reasoning text has simpler co-occurrence topology than non-reasoning text is investigated, and that higher-quality reasoning has simpler co-occurrence topology than lower-quality reasoning is formulated.

Abstract

We formulate and investigate the hypothesis that reasoning text has simpler co-occurrence topology than non-reasoning text, and that higher-quality reasoning has simpler co-occurrence topology than lower-quality reasoning. We discuss and test applications to AI safety and AI evaluation.

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