# How Does a Model Keep Computing Without Writing the Steps?

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How can a model keep computing without writing the steps? Follow a two-step arithmetic example through Coconut’s hidden-state feedback and training curriculum, then look at its math and logic results.

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Alt text: Three uses of continuous representations: feedback from the previous hidden state, predicted compressed teacher states, and soft prompts for later written reasoning.

![Three uses of continuous representations: feedback from the previous hidden state, predicted compressed teacher states, and soft prompts for later written reasoning.](../assets/04/cover.en.png)