> "Do you want either [A, B, or C]"

That's an example of what I'm talking about. Watch the reasoning process produce multiple options. That's what it is trained to do. That is problem solving, not "engagement". It requires more compute, not less. You see that more with the expensive models.

> "In [5-15] minutes I will give you the complete result"

I haven't seen that before and I don't see how it's relevant.