alt Hacker Newsthis is needlessly pedantic
first, they are certainly not instructions so that is a much worse name
but more importantly, we use words in new contexts all the time. Do you object to calling the computer device "mouse" because it's not a mouse? how about "neural network"? "ignition" on an electric vehicle?
"cot" is no more misleading than thousands of words you use every day.
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parineum • yesterday at 8:54 PM
They are instructions. Everything in the context is instructions for the next token. The "thought" guides the answer by providing clearer instructions.
Anthropomorphizing is not pedantic, especially in a technical domain. I get the paper title and all, but at this point it's marketing.