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Critical or Compliant? The Double-Edged Sword of Reasoning in Chain-of-Thought Explanations

Jan 1, 2025·
Eunkyu Park
,
Wesley Hanwen Deng
,
Vasudha Varadarajan
,
Mingxi Yan
,
Gunhee Kim
,
Maarten Sap
,
Motahhare Eslami
· 0 min read
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Journal article
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arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.12001
Last updated on Jan 1, 2025
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