@jplebreton @emma
Hi Emma & JP, I don't think I have anything in writing, but indeed "chain of thought" is still just repeated responses to "what's a likely next word", based on additional training data that looks like "chain of thought".
A couple of relevant MAIHT3k episodes:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/16095327-episode-44-openai-s-ridiculous-reasoning-october-28-2024
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/15438320-episode-36-about-that-dangerous-capabilities-fanfiction-feat-ali-alkhatib-june-24-2024