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Inference Intermediate Also known as: Auto-consistenza

Self-consistency

A technique that samples multiple independent answers from the model with temperature > 0 and picks the most frequent one by majority vote.

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In practice

It often improves accuracy on math reasoning tasks: if 5 out of 7 thought chains converge on the same answer, it is likely correct. It triples or quintuples inference cost.

Related terms

Chain-of-thought Tree of Thoughts Reasoning model

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2 entries mentioning it
  1. Multi-Agent Debate: making multiple LLMs argue improves reasoning by +20%
    Medium
  2. Self-Consistency: sample multiple reasoning paths for better answers
    High
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