hedged answer
An AI answer that states specific details while disclaiming them, such as giving a phone number after saying it cannot verify current listings. Hedged details are still read by people and repeated by other agents, so they are recorded as stated and flagged rather than ignored.
What hedged answer does not show
Values the answer offers only as examples are a different case and are set aside.
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- Four AI models, three local businesses: who got it rightA hedged answer that still prints a number is still printing a number.
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Questions about hedged answer
What is hedged answer?
An AI answer that states specific details while disclaiming them, such as giving a phone number after saying it cannot verify current listings. Hedged details are still read by people and repeated by other agents, so they are recorded as stated and flagged rather than ignored.
What does hedged answer not show or guarantee?
An AI answer that states specific details while disclaiming them, such as giving a phone number after saying it cannot verify current listings. Hedged details are still read by people and repeated by other agents, so they are recorded as stated and flagged rather than ignored. Values the answer offers only as examples are a different case and are set aside.
Which area of the glossary does hedged answer belong to?
Measurement and evaluation: How a measurement earns trust: evaluation sets, error rates, calibration, reproducibility, and the biases that make a number look better than it is.
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