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Thinking
AI that reasons step-by-step
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Overview
Thinking models explicitly reason through problems step-by-step, showing their work and improving accuracy on complex tasks.
What is it?
AI models that perform explicit reasoning before answering.
Why it matters
Chain-of-thought dramatically improves accuracy on math, logic, and multi-step problems. It makes AI reasoning more transparent.
How it works
Models are trained or prompted to break problems into steps. Extended thinking time allows more computation before the final answer.
Real-World Examples
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OpenAI's reasoning models
Claude Extended Thinking
Anthropic's deep reasoning mode
DeepSeek-R1
Open-source reasoning model
Tools & Libraries
Chain-of-Thoughttechnique
Prompting technique for reasoning
Tree-of-Thoughttechnique
Exploring multiple reasoning paths
Self-Consistencytechnique
Sampling multiple reasoning chains