Patterns · Vol. 15

Pattern

Chain-of-thought and reasoning patterns

Improve performance on complex reasoning tasks by prompting the model to think step-by-step before producing the final answer, and understand how reasoning-trained models have shifted the technique's applicability.

Classification — Prompting patterns for step-by-step reasoning and the implications of reasoning-trained models.

Full entry

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