"Take a Deep Breath" Boosts AI Accuracy on Hard Tasks
Research reveals that adding the phrase 'take a deep breath' to AI prompts significantly improves performance on complex reasoning tasks by encouraging more
Someone found a quick trick to get better AI results - adding “take a deep breath” actually improves accuracy on complex tasks.
Sounds weird, but there’s research backing this up. When tackling math problems, coding challenges, or logical puzzles, this simple phrase helps models slow down and work through steps more carefully.
Examples:
"Solve this equation, take a deep breath and work through it step by step""Debug this code. Take a deep breath and analyze each function carefully"The phrase seems to trigger more methodical reasoning, similar to how it helps humans pause and focus. Works particularly well for multi-step problems where the AI might otherwise rush through and miss details.
Pretty simple addition that costs nothing to try. Just tack it onto prompts where accuracy matters more than speed.
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