The Illusion of Thinking

The Illusion of Thinking — accuracy collapses beyond a certain complexity

Why it matters

The most widely cited empirical case for skepticism: reasoning effort actually decreases past a threshold

Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”

Officialmachinelearning.apple.comhttps://machinelearning.apple.com/research/illusion-of-thinking

Added in Week 35, 2026 · See that week

Nearby on the same axis

Mistral AI releases MagistralOfficialAnthropic releases Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4OfficialHow far can reasoning models scale?OfficialRethinking the Illusion of ThinkingPaper