Researchers from the National University of Singapore Introduce ‘Thinkless,’ an Adaptive Framework that Reduces Unnecessary Reasoning by up to 90% Using DeGRPO

Researchers from the National University of Singapore Introduce ‘Thinkless,’ an Adaptive Framework that Reduces Unnecessary Reasoning by up to 90% Using DeGRPO

The effectiveness of language models relies on their ability to simulate human-like step-by-step deduction. However, these reasoning sequences are resource-intensive and can be wasteful for simple questions that do not require elaborate computation. This lack of awareness regarding the complexity of the task is one of the core challenges in these models. They often default to detailed reasoning even for queries that could be answered directly. S…