Prompt EngineeringChengshuai Zhao et al. (Arizona State University)
Is Chain-of-Thought Reasoning of LLMs a Mirage?
Is Chain-of-Thought Reasoning of LLMs a Mirage? — paper published; analyzes CoT in controlled experiments from a data-distribution perspective
Why it matters
Part of a line of rebuttals that explain CoT as the reproduction of in-distribution patterns
Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”
Paperarxiv.orghttps://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01191Added in Week 35, 2026 · See that week