The One-Word Census: Answer-Choice Conformity Across 44 Language Models

Name: The One-Word Census: Answer-Choice Conformity Across 44 Language Models
Uploaded: 2026-10-11T08:10:50.348830+00:00
Duration: 602 s
Description: Researchers used an instrument called answer-choice surprisal to measure how unlikely a model's answers are compared to the field average. The study found that divergence is a post-training property, not inherent lineage DNA, and that models often cluster around a single modal answer. This reveals structural patterns in model behavior and their concentration relative to human norms.

Researchers used an instrument called answer-choice surprisal to measure how unlikely a model's answers are compared to the field average. The study found that divergence is a post-training property, not inherent lineage DNA, and that models often cluster around a single modal answer. This reveals structural patterns in model behavior and their concentration relative to human norms.

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