Chain-of-thought: 'think step by step'
On complex tasks a model errs when it jumps straight to the answer. Asking it to 'reason step by step' makes it show its work — accuracy on logic and math grows dramatically, and errors become visible.
On complex tasks a model errs when it jumps straight to the answer. Asking it to 'reason step by step' makes it show its work — accuracy on logic and math grows dramatically, and errors become visible.