We Do Not Teach Thinking to AI

Most of us learned to prompt AI by guiding its thinking. "Think step by step." "Here's an example of how to solve this." "First check A, then compare B, finally conclude with C." These techniques made sense — because we were working with models that needed a path. Without structure, they'd rush to a conclusion. But reasoning models shift this premise. Thinking Comes Before the Answer General conversational models excel at producing natural answers quickly. For tasks where the direction is clear