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PublishedApril 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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Can LLMs Perceive Time? An Empirical Investigation
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arXiv:2604.00010v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models cannot estimate how long their own tasks take. We investigate this limitation through four experiments across 68 tasks and four model families. Pre-task estimates overshoot actual duration by 4--7$\times$ ($p < 0.001$), with mod
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