一作ACL 2026Findings· Findings of ACL
The Illusion of Insight in Reasoning Models
Liv G. d’Aliberti · Manoel Horta Ribeiro
摘要
Do reasoning models have “Aha!” moments?Prior work suggests that models like DeepSeek-R1-Zero undergo sudden mid-trace realizations that lead to accurate outputs, implying an intrinsic capacity for self-correction. Yet, it remains unclear whether such intrinsic shifts in reasoning strategy actual...