Shauli Ravfogel

Faculty fellow at NYU CDS. Previously: PhD @ BIU NLP.

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LLM introspection revisited. if we do the controls properly we may not have strong enough evidence just yet arxiv.org/html/2605.26...

Can LLMs Introspect? A Reality Check arxiv.org
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  • NYU researchers argue current evidence is insufficient to establish that large language models display strong metacognitive monitoring of their internal states.
  • After random relabeling that removes semantic correlations, model performance on biofeedback tasks falls close to the majority-class baseline.
  • In a three-way steering test adding a 'gaslight' input-level condition, models fail to reliably distinguish input-level from activation-level interventions.
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12/ We just think the evidence so far doesn't quite support a strong interpretation of the introspection findings in previous work. And, as always, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2605.26242

Can LLMs Introspect? A Reality Check arxiv.org
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1/ Can LLMs introspect, i.e., reason about their internal states? Recent work claims LLMs notice when their "thoughts" get tampered with, and can report the content. We took a closer look and think it's too early to say that. Work led by Shashwat Singh, with @tallinzen.bsky.social and me. A thread 🧵

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