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Drafts, Then Do Better: Teaching LLMs to Outgrow Their Own Reasoning

Most office work has a draft problem. A junior analyst writes a first version of a financial memo. A lawyer marks up an argument. A consultant turns messy meeting notes into a client-ready recommendation. The first attempt is rarely useless. It is usually half-right, locally clever, and globally flawed. The expensive part is not starting from zero. The expensive part is learning how to improve a decent draft without being hypnotized by it. ...

February 10, 2026 · 16 min · Zelina