AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · 9h ago6/10
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Temporal Preference Concepts and their Functions in a Large Language Model
Researchers have identified how Large Language Models internally represent and process temporal preferences—the tradeoff between immediate gains and long-term consequences. The study reveals that LLMs discount future outcomes less steeply than humans but exhibit unstable preferences across contexts, suggesting that explicit control mechanisms rather than implicit training are necessary for reliable decision-making.