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How Large Language Models Need Symbolism

arXiv 2509.21404 ↗First posted 24 Sep 2025cs.CL cs.AIcited by 1

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Abstract (arXiv)

We argue that AI's future requires more than scaling. To unlock genuine discovery, large language models need a compass: human-crafted symbols to guide their powerful but blind intuition.

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  3. 2025Gold-medalist Performance in Solving Olympiad Geometry with AlphaGeometry2cited by 97
  4. 2024AutoSAT: Automatically Optimize SAT Solvers via Large Language Modelscited by 15

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