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Reasoning Models Use Confidence Signals Without Tracking Own Competence

Reasoning language models that use tools must decide whether to answer directly or delegate based on confidence signals. These models follow confidence cues without maintaining an internal assessment of their own competence.

Source: arXiv · arxiv.org Published 2026-09-28T08:20:09+00:00 Detected 2026-09-29T05:22:53+00:00
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Reasoning language models that use tools must decide whether to answer directly or delegate based on confidence signals. These models follow confidence cues without maintaining an internal assessment of their own competence.

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Reasoning language models that can call tools must decide during inference whether to answer unaided or delegate. Any self-reflection mechanism for this must answer three questions: where the reflective signal comes from (verbal reports, output distributions, hidden states, a separate predictor), how it is...

Understanding how models rely on confidence signals rather than self-tracking competence can inform the design of more reliable AI systems. This insight impacts how AI systems manage uncertainty and decide when to seek assistance.

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