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Necessary or Sufficient? Evaluating LLM Explanations With Behavioural Evidence
arXiv cs.AI · Published · 3 min read
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- What happened
- Researchers tested whether LLM explanations of decisions actually match the factors that drive those decisions using controlled interventions across Claude, GPT, and Gemini models.
- Why it matters
- Engineers building systems where users rely on LLM explanations to monitor, debug, or override decisions need to know if those explanations are trustworthy.
- Watch out
- Cited factors often do not match measured influence; uncited factors sometimes score higher than cited ones, suggesting explanations may mislead operators about true decision drivers.
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