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Jev Can't Be Calibrated

65 points · 61 comments · alexmolas

  1. kantahayashi · · focus · HN ↗
    I tested Jev with a fair die 400 times without telling it the die result. The true probability of face 1 is 1/6, but Jev always chose face 1 and the probability it returned was about 83%. I also tested with a fair coin 200 times and got 0.92 probability.

    I did several tests and I think Jev is good at problems with a correct answer but weak at problems about actual probabilities whose answers can't be known at all.

    Write-up: &quot;Jev Does Not Play Dice&quot; <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;kantahayashiai.github.io&#x2F;posts&#x2F;jev-does-not-play-dice&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;kantahayashiai.github.io&#x2F;posts&#x2F;jev-does-not-play-dic...

    1. alexmolas · · focus · HN ↗
      But &quot;problems about actual probabilities whose answers can&#x27;t be known at all&quot; are exactly the problems where calibration is important. Since calibration is one of the big claims about Jev I&#x27;d expect it to perform well in these problems.
      1. kantahayashi · · focus · HN ↗
        I agree. I think it&#x27;s odd behavior too. Jev should be good at actual probability problems given the phrase &quot;calibrated probabilities&quot; TypeSafe uses for Jev. Maybe the reason is the data used in their training method (RLCD). If all the data consists of problems with a correct answer, I think this kind of odd behavior could happen.
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