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Decoding Answers Before Chain-of-Thought: Evidence from Pre-CoT Probes and Activation Steering

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Main Authors:	Cox, Kyle, Kianersi, Darius, Garriga-Alonso, Adrià
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2026
Subjects:	Artificial Intelligence
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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