# Thinking models...are they actually better? Or just wasteful?

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/thinking-models-are-they-actually-better-or-just-wasteful/128072>\
**Category:** Discussions\
**Created:** [August 10, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/thinking-models-are-they-actually-better-or-just-wasteful/128072 "2025-08-10T15:43:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![TotoPapaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@TotoPapaya](https://forum.cursor.com/u/TotoPapaya)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/thinking-models-are-they-actually-better-or-just-wasteful/128072/41 "2025-08-11T22:08:45Z")

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Waste of time IMHO.

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**Author:** ![jrista](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/jrista/32/68794_2.png) [@jrista](https://forum.cursor.com/u/jrista)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/thinking-models-are-they-actually-better-or-just-wasteful/128072/42 "2025-08-11T22:50:02Z")

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Thinking models are? Or pre-planning is? Not sure which one you mean. 😛

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**Author:** ![TotoPapaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@TotoPapaya](https://forum.cursor.com/u/TotoPapaya)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/thinking-models-are-they-actually-better-or-just-wasteful/128072/43 "2025-08-11T23:04:43Z")

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Thinking models. I did side by side comparisons for the same task (written by the same AI), all failed, all ended in the same loop.Then I gave a try for another area; they delivered the same useless ■■■■ again., independently from models (not Cursor). I just made a trial on Cursor to make a comparison, ot failed the same way, used up 14 days trial in 3 hours.

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**Author:** ![leoing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dec6dc/32.png) [@leoing](https://forum.cursor.com/u/leoing)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2025, 8:52am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/thinking-models-are-they-actually-better-or-just-wasteful/128072/44 "2025-08-12T08:52:58Z")

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Guy is just an AI, don’t bother.

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