{"id":143850,"date":"2023-09-01T17:05:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T11:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=143850"},"modified":"2023-09-01T17:05:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T11:35:59","slug":"microsoft-infuses-ai-with-human-like-reasoning-via-an-algorithm-of-thoughts-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/microsoft-infuses-ai-with-human-like-reasoning-via-an-algorithm-of-thoughts-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Infuses AI With Human-Like Reasoning Via an \u201cAlgorithm of Thoughts\u201d &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;overflow:visible;font-size:1.2em;line-height:1.58\">\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Tech giant Microsoft has <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2308.10379.pdf\" class=\"sc-adb616fe-0 ePvUAp\">unveiled<\/a> a new AI training method called the &#8220;Algorithm of Thoughts&#8221; (AoT), designed to make large language models like ChatGPT more efficient and human-like in their reasoning abilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">The new approach is the natural next step for the company, which has invested heavily AI, and particularly in OpenAI \u2014the creators of DALL-E, ChatGPT, and the powerful GPT language model.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Microsoft says the AoT technique is a potential game-changer, as it &#8220;guides the language model through a more streamlined problem-solving path,&#8221; according to a published research paper. This novel approach utilizes &#8220;in-context learning,&#8221; enabling the model to explore different solutions in an organized manner systematically.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">The result? Faster, less resource-intensive problem-solving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">\u201cOur technique outperforms previous single-query methods and is on par with a recent multi-query approach employing extensive tree search,\u201d the paper states. \u201cIntriguingly, our results suggest that instructing a model with an algorithm can lead to performance surpassing the algorithm itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">The researchers claim that the model gains an improved \u201cintuition\u201d when this technique optimizes its search process.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"sc-2ed2039d-2 hmmXcn gg-dark:text-white scene:font-itc-avant-garde-gothic-pro scene:font-light\" style=\"margin-top:2em;text-align:left;padding-bottom:16px;margin-bottom:16px;border-bottom:1px solid #dfe2e4\">A Human-Algorithmic Hybrid?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">The AoT method addresses the limitations of current in-context learning techniques like the &#8220;Chain-of-Thought&#8221; (CoT) approach. CoT sometimes provides incorrect intermediate steps, whereas AoT guides the model using algorithmic examples for more reliable results.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">AoT draws inspiration from both humans and machines to improve the performance of a generative AI model. While humans excel in intuitive cognition, algorithms are known for their organized, exhaustive exploration. The research paper says that the Algorithm of Thoughts seeks to \u201cfuse these dual facets to augment reasoning capabilities within LLMs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Microsoft says this hybrid technique enables the model to overcome human working memory limitations, allowing more comprehensive analysis of ideas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Unlike CoT&#8217;s linear reasoning or the &#8220;Tree of Thoughts&#8221; (ToT) technique, AoT permits flexible contemplation of different options for sub-problems, maintaining efficacy with minimal prompting. It also rivals external tree-search tools, efficiently balancing costs and computations.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"w-full max-w-full mt-4 overflow-hidden\"><span style=\"overflow:hidden;width:initial;height:initial;background:none;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;position:relative\"><span style=\"width:initial;height:initial;background:none;border:0;margin:0;padding:0;padding-top:41.24324324324324%\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Algorithm of Thoughts vs other AI reasoning methods. Image: Microsoft\" loading=\"lazy\" data-nimg=\"responsive\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;padding:0;border:none;margin:auto;width:0;height:0;min-width:100%;max-width:100%;min-height:100%;max-height:100%;object-fit:contain\" class=\"absolute inset-0 box-border p-0 border-0 m-auto block w-0 h-0 min-w-full max-w-full min-h-full max-h-full object-contain\" src=\"https:\/\/img.decrypt.co\/insecure\/rs:fit:1536:0:0:0\/plain\/https:\/\/cdn.decrypt.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/chrome_Pm9amQ11Js.jpg@webp\" \/><\/span><figcaption class=\"m-0 text-left gg-dark:text-neutral-200 scene:font-itc-avant-garde-gothic-pro scene:text-neutral-700 scene:font-light scene:mt-1\">Algorithm of Thoughts versus other AI reasoning methods. Image: Microsoft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Overall, AoT represents a shift from supervised learning to integrating the search process itself. With refinements to prompt engineering, researchers believe this approach can enable models to solve complex real-world problems efficiently while also reducing their carbon impact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-meta-serif-pro scene:font-noto-sans scene:text-base scene:md:text-lg font-normal text-lg md:text-xl md:leading-9 tracking-px text-body gg-dark:text-neutral-100\">Given its substantial AI investments, Microsoft seems well-positioned to incorporate AoT into advanced systems like GPT-4. Though challenging, teaching language models to &#8220;think&#8221; in this more human way could be transformative.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-4 border-b border-decryptGridline\">\n<div class=\"text-left p-8 md:py-12 md:px-12 max-w-prose relative\"><span class=\"border-t-4 border-l-4 w-4 h-4 md:border-t-[6px] md:border-l-[6px] md:w-6 md:h-6 border-decryptPurple dark:border-decryptNeon gg-dark:border-cc-pink-2 absolute top-4 left-4 md:top-6 md:left-6\" \/><span class=\"border-t-4 border-l-4 w-4 h-4 md:border-t-[6px] md:border-l-[6px] md:w-6 md:h-6 border-decryptPurple dark:border-decryptNeon gg-dark:border-cc-pink-2 absolute rotate-180 bottom-4 right-4 md:bottom-6 md:right-6\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"font-akzidenz-grotesk font-bold text-xl md:text-3xl mb-6 md:text-center gg-dark:text-white\">Stay on top of crypto news, get daily updates in your inbox.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tech giant Microsoft has unveiled a new AI training method called the &#8220;Algorithm of Thoughts&#8221; (AoT), designed to make large language models like ChatGPT more efficient and human-like in their reasoning abilities. The new approach is the natural next step for the company, which has invested heavily AI, and particularly in OpenAI \u2014the creators of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[230,225,221,227,226,228,229,60,223,224,222],"class_list":["post-143850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","tag-brave","tag-coinbase","tag-crypto","tag-decentralised","tag-decentralized","tag-decentralized-exchange","tag-erc-20","tag-featured","tag-meme-coin","tag-robinhood","tag-solana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143850"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146161,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143850\/revisions\/146161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}