A goal to make an AI’s reasoning visible and checkable.
Reasoning transparency is the math teacher saying, “Show your work.” AI cannot just write “trust me” and strut away.
It matters in audits, hospitals, and court. It helps people catch skipped steps, blame games, and made-up facts.
Chain-of-thought
Chain-of-thought often shows the middle steps in the reasoning.
Reasoning-model
A Reasoning-model needs clearer explanations as its thinking gets harder.
Hallucination
A visible process helps people spot skipped steps in made-up answers.
Alignment
Reasoning Transparency gives alignment audits something clear to inspect.