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RLHF: how a chatbot is trained on what people like

AI labs score millions of chatbot answers to train their chatbots. A clear, kind or true answer has no test a program can run. So who gives the score?

  1. 1 Miva's team now trains a chatbot, and Rono's bread question makes a good example. Two answers come back. Which one is better? It takes a person to judge.MivaWhy did my breadnot rise?AB

    Miva's team now trains a chatbot, and Rono's bread question makes a good example. Two answers come back. Which one is better? It takes a person to judge.

  2. 2 So people compare. A rater reads two answers to the same question and picks the better one. Labs collect many thousands of these picks.AraterBthousands of picks

    So people compare. A rater reads two answers to the same question and picks the better one. Labs collect many thousands of these picks.

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