{"id":24774,"date":"2025-03-26T21:41:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T22:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=24774"},"modified":"2025-03-26T23:25:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T23:25:26","slug":"how-a-i-chatbots-like-chatgpt-and-deepseek-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=24774","title":{"rendered":"How A.I. Chatbots Like ChatGPT and DeepSeek Reason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">Companies like OpenAI and China\u2019s DeepSeek offer chatbots designed to take their time with an answer. Here\u2019s how they work.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In September, OpenAI unveiled a new version of ChatGPT <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/12\/technology\/openai-chatgpt-math.html\" title>designed to reason through tasks<\/a> involving math, science and computer programming. Unlike previous versions of the chatbot, this new technology could spend time \u201cthinking\u201d through complex problems before settling on an answer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Soon, the company said its new reasoning technology had <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/20\/technology\/openai-new-ai-math-science.html\" title>outperformed the industry\u2019s leading systems<\/a> on a series of <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/03\/26\/business\/ai-smarter-human-intelligence-puzzle.html\" title>tests that track the progress of artificial intelligence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Now other companies, like <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/11\/technology\/google-ai-agent-gemini.html\" title>Google<\/a>, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/20\/technology\/anthropic-funding-ai.html\" title>Anthropic<\/a> and China\u2019s <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/27\/technology\/what-is-deepseek-china-ai.html\" title>DeepSeek<\/a>, offer similar technologies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But can A.I. actually reason like a human? What does it mean for a computer to think? Are these systems really approaching true intelligence?<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Here is a guide.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-34ed812d\">What does it mean when an A.I. system reasons?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Reasoning just means that the chatbot spends some additional time working on a problem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cReasoning is when the system does extra work after the question is asked,\u201d said Dan Klein, a professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, and chief technology officer of Scaled Cognition, an A.I. start-up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It may break a problem into individual steps or try to solve it through trial and error.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The original ChatGPT answered questions immediately. The new reasoning systems can work through a problem for several seconds \u2014 or even minutes \u2014 before answering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"InteractiveBlock-3\">\n<div class=\"css-1sk8wv4\" data-testid=\"interactive-block\"><a class=\"css-1f0en3d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/03\/26\/business\/ai-smarter-human-intelligence-puzzle.html\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1fnp0wc\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1g3u91s\">\n<h2 class=\"css-1a9yvhp\">Are You Smarter Than A.I.?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-vop5d5\">Some experts predict that A.I. will surpass human intelligence within the next few years. 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Here\u2019s how they work.In September, OpenAI unveiled a new version of ChatGPT designed to reason through tasks involving math, science and computer programming. Unlike previous versions of the chatbot, this new technology could spend time \u201cthinking\u201d through complex problems before settling on an answer.Soon, the company said its new reasoning technology had outperformed the industry\u2019s leading systems on a series of tests that track the progress of artificial intelligence.Now other companies, like Google, Anthropic and China\u2019s DeepSeek, offer similar technologies.But can A.I. actually reason like a human? What does it mean for a computer to think? Are these systems really approaching true intelligence?Here is a guide.What does it mean when an A.I. system reasons?Reasoning just means that the chatbot spends some additional time working on a problem.\u201cReasoning is when the system does extra work after the question is asked,\u201d said Dan Klein, a professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, and chief technology officer of Scaled Cognition, an A.I. start-up.It may break a problem into individual steps or try to solve it through trial and error.The original ChatGPT answered questions immediately. The new reasoning systems can work through a problem for several seconds \u2014 or even minutes \u2014 before answering.Are You Smarter Than A.I.?Some experts predict that A.I. will surpass human intelligence within the next few years. 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