AdaR: A Framework for Equipping LLMs with Adaptive Reasoning
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arXiv:2510.04617v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Mathematical reasoning is a primary indicator of large language models (LLMs) intelligence. However, existing LLMs exhibit failures in robustness and generalization. This paper attributes these deficiencies to spurious reasoning, wherein generated reasoning traces are driven by superficial correlations, leading models to blindly reproduce memorized patterns from the training data. To address this challenge, we propose the AdaR framework to equip LLMs with adaptive reasoning, wherein models establish correct correlations between query template
Key takeaways
- arXiv:2510.04617v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Mathematical reasoning is a primary indicator of large language models (LLMs) intelligence.
- However, existing LLMs exhibit failures in robustness and generalization.
- This paper attributes these deficiencies to spurious reasoning, wherein generated reasoning traces are driven by superficial correlations, leading models to blindly reproduce memorized patterns from the training data.
Why it matters
This model development creates a new option for users and a new testing obligation for developers. A fixed evaluation set comparing quality, cost and failure behavior is more useful than launch claims.

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