OpenAI and others hope that reasoning models will go a long way toward solving the pernicious problem of chatbots frequently producing wrong answers. Chatbots fundamentally do not think like humans and different techniques are needed to try and create the best simulacrum of a human thought process. When asked a question, reasoning models pause and consider related prompts that could help produce an accurate answer. For example, if you ask the o3 model, can habaneros be grown in the Pacific...
