Can LMs predict their own thinking tokens?

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Can language models predict how long they will think? When I use ChatGPT, it's really annoying when it thinks and I don't know how long it will take to respond

language models LLMs Artificial Intelligence Implemented:https://github.com/ChicagoHAI/lm-predict-thinking-claude Implemented:https://github.com/ChicagoHAI/lm-predict-thinking-codex Implemented:https://github.com/ChicagoHAI/lm-predict-thinking-gemini

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@misc{heineman-can-lms-predict-2025,
  author = {Heineman, David},
  title = {Can LMs predict their own thinking tokens?},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://hypogenic.ai/ideahub/idea/oqBkks5jPI3MSKT6AkuK}
}

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