Preference Ranking

Domain: Evaluation

🎯 Motivation

Humans compare two AI outputs and pick the better one. Used for RLHF training and evaluation.

πŸ“‹ Concrete Example

Which is better? A: β€˜Python is a programming language.’ B: β€˜Python is a high-level, interpreted programming language known for readability.’ Humans pick B (more informative). Rankings train the model.

πŸ”— Analogy

A taste test between two colas - people pick the one they prefer. Preference ranking has humans pick the better AI response.