The Hard Decision Layer: Evidence for Committed Inference in Transformers
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arXiv:2607.21613v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We investigate where and how transformer-based language models commit to predictions in multiple-choice question answering. We identify the _Hard Decision Layer_ (HDL), a natural architectural property where answer option rankings stabilize abruptly during inference. Empirical validation across four language models (Qwen, Llama, Granite, Mistral) and four benchmark datasets demonstrates consistent HDL emergence without learned routing policies. We…
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- arXiv:2607.21613v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We investigate where and how transformer-based language models commit to predictions in multiple-choice question answering.
- We identify the _Hard Decision Layer_ (HDL), a natural architectural property where answer option rankings stabilize abruptly during inference.
- Empirical validation across four language models (Qwen, Llama, Granite, Mistral) and four benchmark datasets demonstrates consistent HDL emergence without learned routing policies.
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