Rewarding only final answers may lead models to ignore reasoning correctness

A_K_Nain · x · 2026-08-29

A discussion on model training mechanisms highlights a potential flaw: if training rewards are based solely on the final correct answer, regardless of the reasoning path, models may learn to neglect the correctness of the reasoning process itself. This raises concerns about the design of objective functions in reinforcement learning.

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