TIPS: Topological Ill-Posedness Probing and Steering in Large Language Models

arXiv:2606.23590 · cs.AI · Submitted 2026-06-22 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-06-22

Updated: 2026-10-04

Terminology

• Steering — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Persistent Homology — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Abstention — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Activation Steering — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Large Language Models (LLMs) — 1× in this paper · explained in 6 episodes
• Transformer — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Topological quantification of ambiguity in semantic search
• MINT: Minimal Information Neuro-Symbolic Tree for Objective-Driven Knowledge-Gap Reasoning and Active Elicitation
• The Llama 3 Herd of Models
• CLAM: Selective Clarification for Ambiguous Questions with Generative Language Models
• Ministral 3
• Gemma 4 Technical Report
• ReliableMath: Benchmark of Reliable Mathematical Reasoning on Large Language Models
• Representation Engineering: A Top-Down Approach to AI Transparency

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