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ARTICLEDEV.to AI·4/22/2026

A prompt is a prayer you write in a text box

The text compares writing prompts to ancient acts of communication like prayers or letters, highlighting the timeless nature of sending words into the unknown and awaiting a response. It notes that while the technology is new and the speed of return instant, the essence of the exchange remains, and how our mood influences the way we write prompts.

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RESEARCHarXiv CS.CL·4/13/2026

Temperature-Dependent Performance of Prompting Strategies in Extended Reasoning Large Language Models

This study evaluates the performance of prompting strategies (chain-of-thought and zero-shot) in extended reasoning LLMs like Grok-4.1, varying the sampling temperature across 39 challenging mathematical problems. It found that zero-shot prompting peaks at moderate temperatures, while chain-of-thought performs best at temperature extremes, significantly increasing the benefit of extended reasoning.

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RESEARCHarXiv CS.LG·15d ago

The Readout Shortcut: Positional Number Copying Dominates Arithmetic CoT Readout in Small Language Models

This research study reveals that small instruction-tuned language models (LMs) using Chain-of-Thought (CoT) for arithmetic often employ a positional shortcut, copying whichever number occupies the trailing position before the answer delimiter. This shortcut dominates, even when intermediate reasoning is correct, significantly impacting answer accuracy.

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RESEARCHarXiv CS.CL·4/6/2026

Social Meaning in Large Language Models: Structure, Magnitude, and Pragmatic Prompting

Este artigo explora se os LLMs aproximam quantitativamente o significado social humano e se estratégias de prompting pragmático podem melhorar essa aproximação. Para isso, introduz métricas de calibração (ESR, CDS) e observa que os modelos reproduzem a estrutura qualitativa das inferências sociais humanas, mas diferem substancialmente em outros aspectos.

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ARTICLEDEV.to AI·4/10/2026

Prompting from the Abyss: Why Your AI Only Gives You Boring Answers (And How to Fix It)

O artigo discute por que as IAs frequentemente produzem respostas genéricas e sem vida, argumentando que o problema não é do modelo, mas sim da forma como os prompts são elaborados, geralmente de maneira neutra e superficial. Essa abordagem leva a IA a gerar respostas que são a média estatística dos padrões de treinamento, resultando em conteúdo sem impacto.

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RESEARCHarXiv CS.CL·25d ago

Derivation Prompting: A Logic-Based Method for Improving Retrieval-Augmented Generation

This paper introduces Derivation Prompting, a novel prompting technique for the Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) framework. The method aims to reduce hallucinations and erroneous reasoning in Large Language Models (LLMs) by systematically applying predefined rules to derive conclusions. A case study demonstrated a significant reduction in unacceptable answers compared to traditional RAG methods.

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