LLMs show a knowing-doing gap in tool use: they often recognize when tools are needed via internal states but fail to translate that into actual tool calls, with mismatches of 26-54% on arithmetic and factual tasks.
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Model-Adaptive Tool Necessity Reveals the Knowing-Doing Gap in LLM Tool Use
LLMs show a knowing-doing gap in tool use: they often recognize when tools are needed via internal states but fail to translate that into actual tool calls, with mismatches of 26-54% on arithmetic and factual tasks.