reasoning traces
2 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Aug 26, 2026 by Anish Acharya · across every show →
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Aug 26, 2026 bullish
Acharya: Domain-specialized open models outperform general models through RL and reasoning traces
“If you actually have a problem that you can specialize the model around with your reasoning traces, You can start to create this compounding advantage in your domain for your customer base, where you're able to kind of shape the intelligence to be better than …”
Sep 8, 2026 positive
Sawhney: Model reasoning traces resemble a collaborator's rough notes
“It's very much like reading a colleague's, like, notes. I mean, it's a little more disorganized in some way, but kind of, like, especially if you work close enough with a collaborator, sometimes you'll just see them, like, spill out their thoughts in an email …”