AI Tool Use vs. Genuine Reasoning: How External Tools Became a Substitute for Problem-Solving
How tool use became a substitute for solving hard problemsWhen OpenAI released o1 in April 2024 and called it a "reasoning model," the industry celebrated a breakthrough. Finally, AI that could thi...
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