Telling AI model to “take a deep breath” causes math scores to soar in study

Google DeepMind has developed a technique to improve math ability in AI language models.

The technique uses natural language to guide AI models in problem-solving.

Phrases like "Let's think step by step" prompted each AI model to produce more accurate results when tested against math problem data sets.

"Take a deep breath" was the most effective prompt when used with Google 's PaLM 2 .

Even though working out the best ways to give LLMs human-like encouragement is slightly puzzling to us, that's not a problem for OPRO because the technique utilizes large language models to discover these more effective prompting phrases. DeepMind researchers think that the biggest win for OPRO is its ability to sift through many possible prompts to find the one that gives the best results for a specific problem. This could allow people to produce far more useful or accurate results from LLMs in the future..