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Probing the Lack of Stable Internal Beliefs in LLMs

arXiv – CS AI|Yifan Luo, Kangping Xu, Yanzhen Lu, Yang Yuan, Andrew Chi-Chih Yao|
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Research reveals that large language models (LLMs) struggle to maintain consistent internal beliefs or goals across multi-turn conversations, failing to preserve implicit consistency when not explicitly provided context. This limitation poses significant challenges for developing persona-driven AI systems that require stable personality traits and behavioral patterns.

Key Takeaways
  • LLMs lack stable internal representations that anchor their responses across extended dialogues.
  • Current AI models struggle with 'implicit consistency' - maintaining unstated goals in multi-turn interactions.
  • Research used a 20-question riddle game to test whether LLMs could maintain secret targets consistently.
  • LLMs' implicit goals shift across conversation turns unless explicitly provided their selected target in context.
  • These findings highlight critical limitations for building realistic persona-driven AI systems and dialogue applications.
Read Original →via arXiv – CS AI
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