arxivcs.CLcs.AI2026-07-03
Don't Wait to Reply: Towards Responsive yet Thoughtful Dialogue through Proactive Thinking
Ante Wang, Jiaqi Fu, Xuanyi Chen, Ruotian Ma, Zhaopeng Tu, Weizhi Ma, et al.
Thinking has emerged as a critical capability for Large Language Models (LLMs) tackling complex tasks. However, its reactive nature, where reasoning is passively triggered only upon receiving a user response, inevitably introduces latency that compromises conversational fluidity.…