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  "channel_slug": "LocalLLaMA",
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  "title": "GPT 5.5 \"secret sauce\" is just having the thinking be some stupid caveman mode?",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1tljrtk/gpt_55_secret_sauce_is_just_having_the_thinking/",
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  "upload_date": "20260523",
  "published_at": "2026-05-23T15:38:11+00:00",
  "transcript": "I think I had GPT-5.5 leak its trace during a normal conversation, and it really reads like the caveman mode fad from a few months back.\n\nMaybe we can achieve better token efficiency by taking some high-quality thinking trace from an open model, \"caveman-izing\" it, and fine-tuning on it.\n\nHere is the full log of GPT-5.5 going insane:\nhttps://gist.github.com/aussetg/20747ae00df17992acb4ebdfcd8d8d88\n\nEDIT: Ok people I got it the first time\n\n\n\n--- Top Comments ---\n\n\n[1 upvotes] Your post is getting popular and we just featured it on our Discord! [Come check it out!](https://discord.gg/PgFhZ8cnWW)\n\nYou've also been given a special flair for your contribution. We appreciate your post!\n\n*I am a bot and this action was performed automatically.*\n\n[136 upvotes] Why not? Efficiency is efficiency. If it works better, good for it. \n\n[124 upvotes] https://preview.redd.it/n51w4a7puw2h1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9a7cd62bf9b06aa980f565facb69e11fa4db3d32\n\n[49 upvotes] Why is it a joke to be efficient? This research existed quite a while before 'caveman mode' btw.\n\n[49 upvotes] Let’s just be glad that there no LLM-reasoning-specific language that humans can’t read yet.",
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