Summary of Fill in the Gaps: Model Calibration and Generalization with Synthetic Data, by Yang Ba et al.
Fill In The Gaps: Model Calibration and Generalization with Synthetic Data
by Yang Ba, Michelle V. Mancenido, Rong Pan
First submitted to arxiv on: 7 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed paper introduces a novel calibration method for machine learning models that leverages synthetic data generated by large language models (LLMs) to improve model accuracy without compromising generalizability. By using the Probably Approximately Correct (PAC) learning framework, the method derives an expected calibration error (ECE) bound and incorporates it into the training process. The approach is tested on four natural language processing tasks, resulting in an average 34% increase in accuracy and 33% decrease in ECE. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper proposes a new way to make machine learning models more accurate by using fake data generated by special computers that can create text like humans do. This helps the model be better at predicting what it will get right or wrong on real data, making it more useful for things like language translation and text summarization. The method is tested on four tasks and shows big improvements in accuracy. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Machine learning » Natural language processing » Summarization » Synthetic data » Translation
