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The Illusion of Thinking

A close look at apple's analysis of reasoning in LLMs through problem complexity reveals limitations in current benchmark design and model interpretability.

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The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models via the Lens of Problem Complexity Brydon Eastman, Chen Huang, Skyler Seto, Hadi Pouransari, Mehrdad Farajtabar, Raviteja Vemulapalli, Fartash Faghri, Oncel Tuzel, Barry-John Theobald, Josh SusskindJul 18, 2025
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@article{yotam2025illusion-of-thinking,
  title   = "The Illusion of Thinking",
  author  = "Yotam, Kris",
  journal = "krisyotam.com",
  year    = "2025",
  month   = "Jun",
  url     = "https://krisyotam.com/news/apple/illusion-of-thinking"
}