[Prompt Engineering] Chain-of-Thought | Tree-of-Thought

Chain-of-Thought Approach

: involves breaking down a complex task into smaller and easier ones through a sequence of more straightforward prompts 

 

a prompt-based learning approach 

=> Feed the model with related questions along with their corresponding solutions

 

 

 

** Use same logic & reasoning

=> Linear Appoach ( Each new idea links directly to the previous one ) 

 

 

Tree-of-Thought Approach

: hierarchically structuring a prompt or query, akin to a tree structure, to specify the desired line of thinking or reasoning for the model.

 

involvess generating multiple lines of thought, resembling a decision tree

there are diffrent possiblities/ideas from input 

- allows the model to evaluate and pursue multiple paths simultaneously

- each thought or idea branches out, creating a tree-like structure of interconnected thoughts 

 

=>  Hierarchical Appoach ( Each new idea can branch off into multiple related ides ) 

 

 

 

 

Reference

https://www.promptingguide.ai/techniques/cot

https://medium.com/@sonal.sareen/chain-of-thoughts-vs-tree-of-thoughts-for-language-learning-models-llms-fc11efbd20ab