From Parameters to Answers: How LLMs Retrieve and Use Their Internal Knowledge

Paper recorded by Signals 4 on 2026-09-10 in cs.AI. Abstract reproduced from arXiv; link to the original below.

Published 2026-09-10 on arXiv · recorded by Signals 4 on 2026-09-11

Category: cs.AI · 人工智能 · first seen 2026-09-11

Abstract

How does a language model's dependence on query-routing information and target knowledge change as it answers a question? We study this question through layerwise interventions on the hidden state at the end of the question. Across Qwen, Llama, and Gemma, we compare country-continent questions with noun, adjective, and code answers while keeping several fitted measurements distinct. A pair-conditi

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