Wait, We Don't Need to "Wait"! Removing Thinking Tokens Improves Reasoning Efficiency
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2506.08343
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Note COT models produce keywords like "Hmm", "Wait" during their reasoning phase. This paper supresses such words, reducing the total output token by 27-50%. Very simple approach imo, falls in "Why didn't i think of this before" category.