Latent reasoning architectures would undermine CoT, our strongest oversight tool
Summary: Currently, “chain of thought” (CoT) is our most valuable tool for understanding the reasoning and cognition of AI systems. However, some architectures would enable AI models to reason much more extensively in latent states rather than in text CoT. We think that a shift towards latent reaso…
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- 2026-09-23 18:01 · Alignment Forum
Latent reasoning architectures would undermine CoT, our strongest oversight tool