Below-Chance Blindness: Prompted Underperformance in Small LLMs Produces Positional Bias Rather than Answer Avoidance
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Source paper: Below-Chance Blindness: Prompted Underperformance in Small LLMs Produces Positional Bias Rather than Answer Avoidance
PDF: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2604.25249v1
Repository: https://github.com/synthiumjp/bcb-sandbagging-pilot
Source count: 4
Coverage: 67%
Last proof check: 2026-04-29T02:31:49.123Z
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Subject: Below-Chance Blindness: Prompted Underperformance in Small LLMs Produces Positional Bias Rather than Answer Avoidance
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