Over-reasoning in LLMs: when chain-of-thought thinks too much
spilldahill · reddit · 2026-09-28
A Reddit discussion links to a blog post on over-reasoning in LLMs — models producing excessively long chains of thought even on trivial queries, wasting tokens and latency. The thread discusses causes and mitigations.
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