SMRTR AIFeb 8, 2025Forbes

Why Doing Chain-Of-Thought Prompting In Reasoning LLMs Gums Up The Works

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Chain-of-thought reasoning in AI models can now occur implicitly without prompting. Explicitly requesting it may lead to rebuffs, more detailed explanations, confusion, or rare AI hallucinations. Users should experiment cautiously with complex problems to determine if explicit requests add value, considering potential costs and processing delays.

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