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Paper Citation Record · LEDGER

What do language models model? Transformers, automata, and the format of thought

As of 18 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 3 of 3 outbound references and 0 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2508.18598.

A citation records a reference. It does not transfer a finding from one paper to another.

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Coverage vector

measured 3 of 3 reference resolution

Typed states for the displayed outbound observations.

Source: paper_references, paper_reference_links, observed 2026-08-15T16:59:26.041053Z

measured 3 of 3 standing notices

One-hop event checks from named stored sources.

Source: scholarly_work_events, retraction_status_cache, observed 2026-08-18T06:34:40.430872+00:00

measured 0 of 0 inbound itemization

Pith citing papers itemized under the disclosed page cap.

Source: paper_references, paper_reference_links

measured 0 of 1 external citation measurements

A source-named dated measurement, never combined with another source.

Source: cited_works

Reference resolution

3 of 3 outbound references displayed

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External citation measurements

No source-named external measurement is stored.

Outbound references

Observation d230fd2a-f743-4b1c-b02e-eade4add46fb · outbound

This paper cites Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence: Insights from the Science of Consciousness.

What do language models model? Transformers, automata, and the format of thought Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence: Insights from the Science of Consciousness

Reference 1

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unresolved
no resolver link, observed 2026-08-15T16:59:26.029512Z

Source-reported events for the cited work

Unavailable: canonical work link unavailable.

source=pdf_text observed=2026-08-15T16:59:26.029512Z digest=sha256:5df515b1d739b4af6a44dca51464d3721380226f37f7c895e6db708f369f3a94

Observation 2443778e-50d7-470b-9bbb-4def4426cd67 · outbound

This paper cites Transformers Learn Shortcuts to Automata.

What do language models model? Transformers, automata, and the format of thought Transformers Learn Shortcuts to Automata

Reference 3

Resolution
unresolved
no resolver link, observed 2026-08-15T16:59:26.041053Z

Source-reported events for the cited work

Unavailable: canonical work link unavailable.

source=pdf_text observed=2026-08-15T16:59:26.041053Z digest=sha256:06811fc820db9bfabc442df5639a29950e8360a315bd707134239853c9e7640e

Observation 5da29c5b-2105-47a9-a746-a793bf5ceb38 · outbound

This paper cites On the Relationship between Self-Attention and Convolutional Layers.

What do language models model? Transformers, automata, and the format of thought On the Relationship between Self-Attention and Convolutional Layers

Reference 9

Resolution
unresolved
no resolver link, observed 2026-08-15T16:59:26.035340Z

Source-reported events for the cited work

Unavailable: canonical work link unavailable.

source=pdf_text observed=2026-08-15T16:59:26.035340Z digest=sha256:1e305225d7eddee1b72f25ce11ad908022ddcaadef1e53474d4378eb9471a431

Pith citing papers

No inbound Pith citation observations are available.