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Paper Citation Record · LEDGER

What do language models model? Transformers, automata, and the format of thought

As of 22 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 3 of 3 outbound references and 0 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2508.18598.

A citation records a reference. It does not transfer a finding from one paper to another.

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Coverage vector

measured 3 of 3 reference resolution

Typed states for the displayed outbound observations.

Source: paper_references, paper_reference_links, observed 2026-08-15T16:59:26.041053Z

measured 3 of 3 standing notices

One-hop event checks from named stored sources.

Source: scholarly_work_events, retraction_status_cache, observed 2026-08-22T06:32:14.747728+00:00

measured 0 of 0 inbound itemization

Pith citing papers itemized under the disclosed page cap.

Source: paper_references, paper_reference_links

measured 0 of 1 external citation measurements

A source-named dated measurement, never combined with another source.

Source: cited_works

Reference resolution

3 of 3 outbound references displayed

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External citation measurements

No source-named external measurement is stored.

Outbound references

Observation d230fd2a-f743-4b1c-b02e-eade4add46fb · outbound

This paper cites Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence: Insights from the Science of Consciousness.

What do language models model? Transformers, automata, and the format of thought Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence: Insights from the Science of Consciousness

Reference 1

Resolution
unresolved
no resolver link, observed 2026-08-15T16:59:26.029512Z

Source-reported events for the cited work

Unavailable: canonical work link unavailable.

source=pdf_text observed=2026-08-15T16:59:26.029512Z digest=sha256:7105cfc72099f0d953d4b8ff181c1bb9976c2874d8d3326d9df1e226ccbac6a5

Observation 2443778e-50d7-470b-9bbb-4def4426cd67 · outbound

This paper cites Transformers Learn Shortcuts to Automata.

What do language models model? Transformers, automata, and the format of thought Transformers Learn Shortcuts to Automata

Reference 3

Resolution
unresolved
no resolver link, observed 2026-08-15T16:59:26.041053Z

Source-reported events for the cited work

Unavailable: canonical work link unavailable.

source=pdf_text observed=2026-08-15T16:59:26.041053Z digest=sha256:1750bfd5338f89554c2ddb3a87d0b1c9b021bf48cf01a0bc773b4895abc6ee05

Observation 5da29c5b-2105-47a9-a746-a793bf5ceb38 · outbound

This paper cites On the Relationship between Self-Attention and Convolutional Layers.

What do language models model? Transformers, automata, and the format of thought On the Relationship between Self-Attention and Convolutional Layers

Reference 9

Resolution
unresolved
no resolver link, observed 2026-08-15T16:59:26.035340Z

Source-reported events for the cited work

Unavailable: canonical work link unavailable.

source=pdf_text observed=2026-08-15T16:59:26.035340Z digest=sha256:846dd5184026bcaf9ba17f72857468acec90f018af6991d20b7c639d7e549f9d

Pith citing papers

No inbound Pith citation observations are available.