How AI shifted from a transductive paradigm (token-by-token answer completion) to an inductive paradigm (on-the-fly reasoning chain synthesis), in one chart. This is the big story of 2025 and 2026. This is what made coding agents work.
AI shifts from token-by-token completion to on-the-fly reasoning synthesis
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François Chollet says AI moved from a transductive paradigm of token-by-token answer completion to an inductive paradigm of on-the-fly reasoning chain synthesis, which he calls the big story of 2025 and 2026. He says this shift is what made coding agents work.
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