Even "illegible" Mythos reasoning traces seem pretty legible

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CoTShogiShorthandModel LanguageHuman LanguageAIMachine LearningIllegible CoTLegible CoTModel OutputModel Interpretability

Author: kqr

Date: 6/13/2026

Article Summary:
Analysis of a model's CoT (chain of thought) in a Shogi game, where the model uses shorthand and abbreviations, making it difficult to understand. The model's CoT is compared to human thinking, with the author suggesting that models may be developing their own languages or jargon, similar to humans.