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How Large Language Models Need Symbolism

Computation and Language 2025-09-29 v1 Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

We argue that AI's future requires more than scaling. To unlock genuine discovery, large language models need a compass: human-crafted symbols to guide their powerful but blind intuition.

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@article{arxiv.2509.21404,
  title  = {How Large Language Models Need Symbolism},
  author = {Xiaotie Deng and Hanyu Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.21404},
  year   = {2025}
}
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