Chain of Thought Prompting (AI):
- Pattern to improve reasoning and problem-solving in LLMs
- Rather than directly asking for an answer the prompting provides a way to think through the problem step-by-step as an outlined process
- Helps model breakdown complex tasks into smaller steps towards a more accurate result
Stream of Consciousness (Psychology):
- Psychological phenomenon where thoughts and ideas flow freely and unfiltered with no care for grammatical or logical structure
- The capture of raw unedited flow of consciousness as it happens
A Series of Connected Thoughts (General):
- Series of connected thoughts or ideas that follow a certain reasoning or association
- Something that may start as a memory, then an emotion, then a reflection of past experience