Questioning AI Reasoning: Are Baseline Capabilities Still Climbing With Reasoning Turned Off?
inductionheads · x · 2026-08-08
Raising questions about current AI reasoning capabilities, the author asks whether capability curves continue to climb even with "reasoning mode" turned off. This implies the industry might be over-attributing gains to specific reasoning modes while ignoring the natural evolution of the model's foundational abilities.
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