Why Does Self-Distillation (Sometimes) Degrade the Reasoning Capability of LLMs?
Why Does Self-Distillation (Sometimes) Degrade the Reasoning Capability of LLMs? explores This paper investigates why self-distillation can harm LLM reasoning, particularly in mathematical tasks, by suppressing uncertainty expression.. Commercial viability score: 3/10 in LLM Reasoning.
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