No. 20 Grade it 1 to 10, then fix it.

Where it comes from

In 2023, Aman Madaan & colleagues had one model write a draft, give itself feedback, then revise.

Across 7 tasks, people & automatic scores preferred the revised versions over first drafts.

It works best on writing & style. On hard facts or math, self-critique is much less reliable.

  • Madaan et al., “Self-Refine: Iterative Refinement with Self-Feedback,” NeurIPS 2023 (arXiv:2303.17651)

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