@article{understandingtheemergenceofseeminglyusel, title = {Understanding the Emergence of Seemingly Useless Features in Next-Token Predictors}, author = {Mark Rofin and Jalal Naghiyev and Michael Hahn}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2603.14087}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.14087}, }