Self-Consistency #
Prompt:
“Please solve the following logical reasoning problem using the Self-Consistency Prompt technique. Generate at least three distinct reasoning paths, and then select the most consistent answer as the final conclusion.
Question: If all birds can fly, and penguins are a type of bird, can penguins fly?
Generate your reasoning paths and choose the most consistent answer.”
Reasoning Path 1:
- Premise: All birds can fly.
- Premise: Penguins are a type of bird.
- Conclusion: Therefore, penguins can fly.
Reasoning Path 2:
- Premise: All birds can fly.
- Premise: Penguins are a type of bird.
- Observation: However, penguins are known to be flightless.
- Conclusion: Therefore, penguins cannot fly.
Reasoning Path 3:
- Premise: All birds can fly.
- Premise: Penguins are a type of bird.
- Observation: Penguins have adapted to a lifestyle that does not include flying.
- Conclusion: Therefore, penguins cannot fly.
Self-Consistency Prompt Selection:
Upon reviewing the reasoning paths, Path 1 concludes that “penguins can fly,” while Paths 2 and 3 conclude that “penguins cannot fly.” Given that Paths 2 and 3 are more consistent with the known biological facts about penguins, the most consistent answer is “penguins cannot fly.”
Final Conclusion:
Penguins cannot fly.
[!IMPORTANT]
Self-Consistency use in llm intern to keep logic consistency,Top-k parameters uses in restrinct output format of llm
Think of Self-Consistency as helping the LLM think more logically like a human would debate different options, while Top-k acts like a filter, selecting the best words from a pool to make the output clearer.