Exploring the Nuances of Chain-of-Thought AI Reasoning
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Baker's choice. Dense with flavour, light on filler.
Summary
The article expresses frustration with the focus on whether chain-of-thought AI reasoning is 'really' reasoning, rather than exploring more nuanced questions about its accuracy and multilingual capabilities. It references Apple's 'Illusion of Thinking' paper and mentions a new study from Arizona State University.
Key quotes
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However, people keep asking the least interesting question possible: whether chain-of-thought reasoning is 'really' reasoning.
Apple took up this question in their Illusion of Thinking paper, which I’ve already written about.
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