Interacting with AI Reasoning Models: Harnessing "Thoughts" for AI-Driven Software Engineering

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.00483v1
• Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2025 13:19:15 GMT
• Title: Interacting with AI Reasoning Models: Harnessing "Thoughts" for AI-Driven Software Engineering
• Authors: Christoph Treude, Raula Gaikovina Kula,
• Abstract summary: Recent advances in AI reasoning models provide unprecedented transparency into their decision-making processes.<n>Software engineers rarely have the time or cognitive bandwidth to analyze, verify, and interpret every AI-generated thought in detail.<n>We propose a vision for structuring the interaction between AI reasoning models and software engineers to maximize trust, efficiency, and decision-making power.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Recent advances in AI reasoning models provide unprecedented transparency into their decision-making processes, transforming them from traditional black-box systems into models that articulate step-by-step chains of thought rather than producing opaque outputs. This shift has the potential to improve software quality, explainability, and trust in AI-augmented development. However, software engineers rarely have the time or cognitive bandwidth to analyze, verify, and interpret every AI-generated thought in detail. Without an effective interface, this transparency could become a burden rather than a benefit. In this paper, we propose a vision for structuring the interaction between AI reasoning models and software engineers to maximize trust, efficiency, and decision-making power. We argue that simply exposing AI's reasoning is not enough -- software engineers need tools and frameworks that selectively highlight critical insights, filter out noise, and facilitate rapid validation of key assumptions. To illustrate this challenge, we present motivating examples in which AI reasoning models state their assumptions when deciding which external library to use and produce divergent reasoning paths and recommendations about security vulnerabilities, highlighting the need for an interface that prioritizes actionable insights while managing uncertainty and resolving conflicts. We then outline a research roadmap for integrating automated summarization, assumption validation, and multi-model conflict resolution into software engineering workflows. Achieving this vision will unlock the full potential of AI reasoning models to enable software engineers to make faster, more informed decisions without being overwhelmed by unnecessary detail.

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