Academic Research
Self-Refine & Constitutional AI
The research behind ReasonKit's BrutalHonesty adversarial critique
Authors
Madaan et al. (2023), Anthropic (2022)
Venue
NeurIPS 2023, Anthropic Research
ReasonKit Tool
BrutalHonesty
Papers
Self-Refine: "Self-Refine: Iterative Refinement with Self-Feedback" (Madaan et al., NeurIPS 2023)
Constitutional AI: "Constitutional AI: Harmlessness from AI Feedback" (Anthropic, 2022)
Key Findings
- ✓ Self-critique improves quality by 20-30% across tasks
- ✓ Adversarial self-feedback catches blind spots that initial reasoning misses
- ✓ Iterative refinement with brutal honesty produces more reliable outputs
Why This Matters
Most AI systems generate answers and stop. Self-Refine and Constitutional AI demonstrate that iterative self-critique dramatically improves quality by forcing the model to attack its own work.
ReasonKit's BrutalHonesty tool implements this exact methodology, forcing AI to critique its own reasoning and expose blind spots—exactly what this research proves is necessary for reliable outputs.