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What is Chain of thought?Chain of thought kya hai?

Also called: CoT, reasoning

Chain of thought: Asking a model to reason step by step before giving the final answer.Model se final jawaab se pehle step by step sochne ko kehna.

🧸 Think of it likeAise samjho

Like a maths teacher saying 'show your working': writing each step makes careless mistakes less likely.Jaise maths teacher kehta hai 'steps dikhao': har step likhne se laaparwaahi wali galtiyaan kam hoti hain.

📘 ExplainedVistaar se

Writing out intermediate steps helps models on maths, logic and multi step problems. Many modern 'reasoning' models do this internally before answering. In products, you usually show users only the final answer, and you still check results, because reasoning that sounds right can be wrong.Beech ke steps likhne se models ko maths, logic aur multi step problems mein madad milti hai. Kai naye 'reasoning' models jawaab se pehle yeh andar hi karte hain. Products mein users ko aam taur pe sirf final jawaab dikhaate ho, aur results phir bhi check karte ho, kyunki sahi lagne wali reasoning bhi galat ho sakti hai.

💡 Real exampleAsli example

'First find the total cost, then the discount, then the final price' improves a model's maths answer.'Pehle total cost nikalo, phir discount, phir final price' se model ka maths jawaab sudharta hai.

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Questions people ask

What is Chain of thought?

Asking a model to reason step by step before giving the final answer. Writing out intermediate steps helps models on maths, logic and multi step problems. Many modern 'reasoning' models do this internally before answering. In products, you usually show users only the final answer, and you still check results, because reasoning that sounds right can be wrong.

How can I understand Chain of thought in simple words?

Like a maths teacher saying 'show your working': writing each step makes careless mistakes less likely.

What is an example of Chain of thought?

'First find the total cost, then the discount, then the final price' improves a model's maths answer.

Chain of thought ka matlab kya hai?

Model se final jawaab se pehle step by step sochne ko kehna. Jaise maths teacher kehta hai 'steps dikhao': har step likhne se laaparwaahi wali galtiyaan kam hoti hain.

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