Why it matters

Reasoning scaling reshapes training. Understanding shapes future.

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The architecture

Pretrain gives base.

RL (verifier-based) extends reasoning.

Inference-time compute expands further.

Reasoning scaling stackPretrain computebase capabilityRL computereasoning skillInference computeat test timeDeepSeek R1 + o1 papers reveal scaling patterns; verifier quality critical
Reasoning scaling.
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How it works end to end

DeepSeek R1 + Kimi K1.5 + OpenAI o1 papers.

Verifier-based rewards.

Multi-axis scaling.