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Simple Mechanistic Explanations for Out-Of-Context Reasoning

As of 15 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 19 of 19 outbound references and 3 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2507.08218.

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Observation 7508b758-462a-4c95-8a7f-f3edce71a5d0 · outbound

This paper cites Taken out of context: On measuring situational awareness in LLMs.

Simple Mechanistic Explanations for Out-Of-Context Reasoning Taken out of context: On measuring situational awareness in LLMs

Reference 1

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Observation e0f3776a-7cb8-4bf8-b343-a45db62e6e41 · outbound

This paper cites Tell me about yourself: LLMs are aware of their learned behaviors.

Simple Mechanistic Explanations for Out-Of-Context Reasoning Tell me about yourself: LLMs are aware of their learned behaviors

Reference 2

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Observation 62dc8baf-95da-4145-9d35-599c379e8070 · outbound

This paper cites One-shot Optimized Steering Vectors Mediate Safety-relevant Behaviors in LLMs.

Simple Mechanistic Explanations for Out-Of-Context Reasoning One-shot Optimized Steering Vectors Mediate Safety-relevant Behaviors in LLMs

Reference 3

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Observation cd085a12-fbea-4538-ad8e-46a344965d7a · outbound

This paper cites Alignment faking in large language models.

Simple Mechanistic Explanations for Out-Of-Context Reasoning Alignment faking in large language models

Reference 4

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Observation ddae3a1e-8cf7-4b0a-825a-a50bb696d1cc · outbound

This paper cites J., Shen, Y., Wallis, P., Allen-Zhu, Z., Li, Y., Wang, S., Wang, L., Chen, W., et al.

Simple Mechanistic Explanations for Out-Of-Context Reasoning J., Shen, Y., Wallis, P., Allen-Zhu, Z., Li, Y., Wang, S., Wang, L., Chen, W., et al

Reference 5

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Observation 3cd95dc6-2df5-462d-a77b-7b4ab8bf38b3 · outbound

This paper cites Chris olah's views on AGI safety.

Simple Mechanistic Explanations for Out-Of-Context Reasoning Chris olah's views on AGI safety

Reference 6

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Observation 956ba99e-65f8-4065-addb-eb3b8500f2c3 · outbound

This paper cites Gemma 3 Technical Report.

Simple Mechanistic Explanations for Out-Of-Context Reasoning Gemma 3 Technical Report

Reference 7

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Observation 4129bd04-6d9e-4614-b48b-464a33417b0a · outbound

This paper cites Gemini 2.5: Our most intelligent ai model.

Simple Mechanistic Explanations for Out-Of-Context Reasoning Gemini 2.5: Our most intelligent ai model

Reference 8

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Observation 63a80f18-92cc-49b2-9b78-2061cf7efead · outbound

This paper cites Sparse crosscoders for cross-layer features and model diffing.

Simple Mechanistic Explanations for Out-Of-Context Reasoning Sparse crosscoders for cross-layer features and model diffing

Reference 9

Resolution: verified fuzzy; raw_fallback, observed 2026-08-06T18:28:45.596074Z

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Observation af0beebe-97c8-4cdb-83f8-ffbd766a73ca · outbound

This paper cites Auditing language models for hidden objectives.

Simple Mechanistic Explanations for Out-Of-Context Reasoning Auditing language models for hidden objectives

Reference 10

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Observation 58dc16c3-4b50-410e-9f76-578ea238a065 · outbound

This paper cites Robustly identifying concepts introduced during chat fine-tuning using crosscoders.

Simple Mechanistic Explanations for Out-Of-Context Reasoning Robustly identifying concepts introduced during chat fine-tuning using crosscoders

Reference 11

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Observation d714080e-3123-48ce-a484-08f7921c6c5c · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Simple Mechanistic Explanations for Out-Of-Context Reasoning Unresolved cited work

Reference 12

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Observation 220b3f2a-b984-4fad-8f9b-823aa2d83e28 · outbound

This paper cites Fine-Tuning Enhances Existing Mechanisms: A Case Study on Entity Tracking.

Simple Mechanistic Explanations for Out-Of-Context Reasoning Fine-Tuning Enhances Existing Mechanisms: A Case Study on Entity Tracking

Reference 13

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Observation 09bacbe3-0518-4b8c-8e88-69e3cd444a90 · outbound

This paper cites M., Ilyas, A., and Madry, A.

Simple Mechanistic Explanations for Out-Of-Context Reasoning M., Ilyas, A., and Madry, A

Reference 14

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Observation 724449c9-6fbd-4896-9ea8-2059a456fd76 · outbound

This paper cites Extracting Latent Steering Vectors from Pretrained Language Models.

Simple Mechanistic Explanations for Out-Of-Context Reasoning Extracting Latent Steering Vectors from Pretrained Language Models

Reference 15

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Observation 8a91f92a-56fd-4039-abaa-1d3fa538e916 · outbound

This paper cites Analysing the generalisation and reliability of steering vectors.

Simple Mechanistic Explanations for Out-Of-Context Reasoning Analysing the generalisation and reliability of steering vectors

Reference 16

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Observation bc3ff624-2d84-409c-b043-63357cac0c03 · outbound

This paper cites B., and Evans, O.

Simple Mechanistic Explanations for Out-Of-Context Reasoning B., and Evans, O

Reference 17

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Observation 5bff2bf2-d983-43db-8e1a-84b38b9ef427 · outbound

This paper cites Steering Language Models With Activation Engineering.

Simple Mechanistic Explanations for Out-Of-Context Reasoning Steering Language Models With Activation Engineering

Reference 18

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Observation 61d6098f-235f-4b63-a977-5964e4461d37 · outbound

This paper cites write newline.

Simple Mechanistic Explanations for Out-Of-Context Reasoning write newline

Reference 19

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Observation 0928ae5b-713f-4414-8a07-53c55863f88d · inbound

Revealing Hidden Model Behaviors with Task-Specific Self-Reports cites this paper.

Revealing Hidden Model Behaviors with Task-Specific Self-Reports Simple Mechanistic Explanations for Out-Of-Context Reasoning

Reference 7

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Revealing Hidden Model Behaviors with Task-Specific Self-Reports cites this paper.

Revealing Hidden Model Behaviors with Task-Specific Self-Reports Simple Mechanistic Explanations for Out-Of-Context Reasoning

Reference 8

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Observation ee64fca3-51ed-4a25-be2a-3cc4b2cbf6be · inbound

Subliminal Learning is Non-Semantic Distillation cites this paper.

Subliminal Learning is Non-Semantic Distillation Simple Mechanistic Explanations for Out-Of-Context Reasoning

Reference 4

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