Self-Consistency
Noun · AI & Machine Learning
Definitions
A prompting or decoding strategy in which multiple reasoning paths or outputs are generated and then compared to select the most consistent answer. Self-consistency can improve reliability on reasoning tasks by reducing dependence on one sampled path.
In plain English: Using multiple generated attempts and choosing the most consistent result.
Example: "They used self-consistency on the hardest math prompts by sampling several reasoning attempts and choosing the consensus answer."