Chain of Thought Prompting: The Next Frontier in Generative AI
Imagine an AI system that doesn’t just spit out responses based on patterns in data, but actually reasons through problems step-by-step to arrive at thoughtful, contextual answers.
This is the promise of chain of thought prompting, an emerging technique in generative AI that is opening up exciting new possibilities.
The Evolution of Generative AI
To understand why chain of thought prompting is so significant, let’s take a step back and look at how generative AI has evolved. Early systems were limited to producing outputs based on simple patterns in training data. Over time, more sophisticated techniques like transformers allowed for generating longer, more coherent sequences
However, even state-of-the-art language models often still struggle with complex reasoning and tend to lose coherence over long stretches of output. This is where chain of thought prompting comes in — by enabling step-by-step reasoning, it promises to take generative AI to the next level.
