Changcheng Li, Jiancan Wu, Hengheng Zhang, Zhengsu Chen, Guo An, Junxiang Qiu, Xiang Wang, Qi Tian

Confidence Before Answering: A Paradigm Shift for Efficient LLM Uncertainty Estimation

arXiv:2603.05881v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reliable deployment of large language models (LLMs) requires accurate uncertainty estimation. Existing methods are predominantly answer-first, producing confidence only after …