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Developed byGoogle Research
Founded2022
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Use caseimproving reasoning capabilities of large language models
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Chain of Thought

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Prompting technique that encourages step-by-step reasoning in language models

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first published year

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primary use case

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improving reasoning capabilities of large language models○UnverifiedHighFresh1
improving reasoning capabilities in large language models○UnverifiedHighFresh1
step-by-step problem solving in AI systems○UnverifiedHighFresh1
step-by-step problem solving for complex tasks○UnverifiedHighFresh1
mathematical problem solving○UnverifiedHighFresh1
logical reasoning tasks○UnverifiedHighFresh1
improving reasoning capabilities in large language models through step-by-step problem decomposition○UnverifiedHighFresh1
common sense reasoning○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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applies to

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large language models○UnverifiedHighFresh1

enables technique

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step-by-step reasoning○UnverifiedHighFresh1
step-by-step reasoning in neural networks○UnverifiedHighFresh1

technique category

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prompting strategy○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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requires

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large language models○UnverifiedHighFresh1
large language model○UnverifiedHighFresh1
few-shot examples with reasoning steps○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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method involves

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step-by-step reasoning demonstrations○UnverifiedHighFresh1

supports model

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transformer-based language models○UnverifiedHighFresh1
GPT-3○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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works with

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large language models○UnverifiedHighFresh1

based on

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step-by-step reasoning prompting○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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technique type

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prompting strategy○UnverifiedHighFresh1

improves performance on

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arithmetic reasoning tasks○UnverifiedHighFresh1
commonsense reasoning tasks○UnverifiedHighFresh1

supports task type

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arithmetic reasoning○UnverifiedHighFresh1
commonsense reasoning○UnverifiedHighFresh1
symbolic reasoning○UnverifiedHighFresh1

enables

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intermediate reasoning steps visualization○UnverifiedHighFresh1

enhanced by

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few-shot prompting○UnverifiedHighFresh1

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Google Research○UnverifiedHighFresh1

founded year

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2022○UnverifiedHighFresh1

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direct answer generation○UnverifiedHighFresh1
zero-shot prompting○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
few-shot prompting○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
direct answer prompting○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

implemented in

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GPT-3○UnverifiedHighFresh1
PaLM○UnverifiedHighFresh1

integrates with

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transformer-based language models○UnverifiedHighFresh1
GPT-3○UnverifiedHighFresh1
LaMDA○UnverifiedHighFresh1
transformer architectures○UnverifiedHighFresh1
PaLM○UnverifiedHighFresh1
prompt engineering techniques○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

related technique

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tree of thoughts○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
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research methodology○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

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