Glossary
Chain of thought
Chain of thought is a way of getting an AI model to work through a problem step by step before it gives the final answer.
What it means in practice
Asking for steps can improve results on logic, planning and calculation tasks and lets you see where the reasoning went wrong. The steps shown are not proof, so still check the final answer.
Example
Asking the model to list the costs one by one before it gives a total, then checking each line.
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