@article{belowchanceblindnesspromptedunderperform, title = {Below-Chance Blindness: Prompted Underperformance in Small LLMs Produces Positional Bias Rather than Answer Avoidance}, author = {Jon-Paul Cacioli}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2604.25249}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.25249}, }