Chain-of-Thought Can Hurt Performance on Tasks Where Thinking Makes Humans Worse

Re:Chain-of-Thought Can Hurt Performance on Tasks Where Thin... by sowbug on Thursday October 31, 2024 @11:10AM (#42007703)

I can think myself into forgetting strong passwords if I try to spell each character out in my head. But then I sit at a keyboard, relax, and automatically type it perfectly.

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Re:Chain-of-Thought Can Hurt Performance on Tasks Where Thin... by lucianbr on Thursday October 31, 2024 @12:59PM (#42008739)

Muscle memory or something like it hardly seems a step towards AGI. Or towards solving any difficult problems.

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Re:Chain-of-Thought Can Hurt Performance on Tasks Where Thin... by mplewis on Thursday October 31, 2024 @03:20PM (#42010460)

And?

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