A municipal water-meter coach tells the team to “use the non-reasoning model for the boilerplate case list.” In this syllabus, which model type does that label refer to?
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Short Explanation
In this syllabus, “non-reasoning” is simply another name for instruction-tuned—great for boilerplate lists when the recipe is clear. It is not a sneaky label for “raw foundation only,” and it is not the multi-step reasoning model. Hear “non-reasoning” and think “follow the instructions.”
Full Explanation
The CT-GenAI material treats instruction-tuned and non-reasoning as synonyms when choosing a testing aid. Boilerplate case lists that follow a known template fit that class. Confusing the phrase with foundation-only models, reasoning models, or multimodal vision tasks misaligns model choice with the work.