Summary of Black-box Uncertainty Quantification Method For Llm-as-a-judge, by Nico Wagner et al.
Black-box Uncertainty Quantification Method for LLM-as-a-Judge
by Nico Wagner, Michael Desmond, Rahul Nair, Zahra Ashktorab, Elizabeth M. Daly, Qian Pan, Martín Santillán Cooper, James M. Johnson, Werner Geyer
First submitted to arxiv on: 15 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper introduces a novel method for quantifying the uncertainty of Large Language Model (LLM) evaluations, specifically for LLM-as-a-Judge tasks. The authors highlight the challenges of applying uncertainty quantification to LLMs due to their complex decision-making capabilities and computational demands. The proposed method analyzes relationships between generated assessments and possible ratings, constructing a confusion matrix based on token probabilities. This allows for the derivation of labels indicating high or low uncertainty. The paper demonstrates the effectiveness of this method across multiple benchmarks, showing strong correlation between evaluation accuracy and derived uncertainty scores. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper solves a problem in artificial intelligence by creating a new way to measure how certain large language models are when they make judgments. These models are used for many tasks like understanding text or generating new ideas. The challenge is that these models can be very good at some things, but bad at others. To solve this issue, the authors developed a method that looks at how well the model’s predictions match what humans would do. This helps to figure out when the model is really sure about its answer and when it’s not so sure. The paper shows that this method works well on different tests and can make judgments more reliable. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Confusion matrix » Large language model » Token
