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Can Large Language Models Explain Themselves? A Study of LLM-Generated Self-Explanations

Leilani H. Gilpin, Shiyuan Huang, Shreedhar Jangam, Siddarth Mamidanna, Yilun Zhou

arxiv:2310.11207 v1 · 2023-10-17 · cs.CL · cs.LG

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arxiv: 2310.11207 · arxiv_version: 2310.11207v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2310.11207 · pith_short_12: KTHXHADBDMWW · pith_short_16: KTHXHADBDMWWHGFS · pith_short_8: KTHXHADB

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