Debate Erupts Over Whether DeepSeek Thinking Intensity Affects Performance

Blogger karminski3 sparked debate after testing deepseek-v4.1-flash with max thinking intensity, countering claims that the setting doesn't affect performance by citing DeepSeek R1 papers showing longer thinking boosts Pass@1 from 71.0% to 86.7%.

2026-09-14 ~ 2026-09-14 · 3 related posts

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