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Gemini 4 Argon criticized for overthinking, wasting resources

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The author identifies overthinking as a significant issue with Google's Gemini 4 Argon model, leading to wasted tokens and increased costs for both users and the company. While the model provides solid answers, its tendency to process queries excessively, regardless of complexity or setting, drains usage limits and server resources unnecessarily. The author contrasts this with models like OpenAI's GPT series and Anthropic's Claude Opus and Sonnet, which are praised for their efficiency in determining the appropriate level of thought needed for a given task. AI

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Gemini 4 Argon criticized for overthinking, wasting resources

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · sandeep mudhi raj ·

    The Biggest Problem With Gemini 4 Argon. It Thinks Too Much.

    <p>For the past few days I have been using Gemini 4 Argon and watching it closely. The model itself is good. It gives solid answers and gets the work done. But it has one problem that hurts both the user and the company.</p> <p>The problem is overthinking. Whether you run it on l…

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