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T156@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Once it generates the response, there is a button you can click to make it use the reasoning model.

Why they did it that way instead of giving users the option to just set the model that they want to use ahead of time boggles the mind. Surely it would be more efficient for them to chose a model if they want ahead of time, rather than generating something that’s going to be regenerated with the desired model instead.

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