The Illusion of What If: Evaluating the Breakdown of Counterfactual Reasoning in LLMs

Summary

Presents WhatIfBench, a diagnostic benchmark, and PRISM, an evaluation framework, to assess how large language models handle counterfactual ('what if') reasoning. The study characterizes where LLM counterfactual reasoning breaks down.

Keywords

counterfactual reasoning · evaluation · benchmark

Topics

counterfactual reasoning, evaluation, benchmark

Research notes

• Method: WhatIfBench diagnostic benchmark plus the PRISM evaluation framework for counterfactual reasoning assessment.
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