ICML Paper Reveals LLMs' Salience Bias in Common Sense Reasoning
An ICML paper highlights that LLMs suffer from severe "salience bias," where prominent but irrelevant information like specific numbers causes them to ignore common sense. Even the most advanced models fail at basic reasoning when distracted by explicit details.
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