Chain-of-thought isn't improving accuracy on your task. What do you try next?

CoT is not a universal upgrade. On some tasks it does nothing or hurts, and the reason tells you what to try instead. Here is the escalation ladder past 'let's think step by step'.

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CoT is not a universal upgrade. On some tasks it does nothing or hurts, and the reason tells you what to try instead. Here is the escalation ladder past 'let's think step by step'.

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