The “yeasayer effect” arises in AI models trained using reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF)—human “data labellers” rate the answer generated by the model as being either acceptable or not.
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Yeasayer
//ˈjeɪˌseɪ.ɚ//
Synonyms for "yeasayer" (7 found)
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12 translations across 6 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- إِمَّعَة noun (who habitually agrees uncritically)
Czech
1 entries- přikyvovač noun (who habitually agrees uncritically)
Finnish
1 entries- jees-mies noun (who habitually agrees uncritically)
German
4 entries- Ja-Sager noun (who habitually agrees uncritically)
- Ja-Sagerin noun (who habitually agrees uncritically)
- Jasager noun (who habitually agrees uncritically)
- Jasagerin noun (who habitually agrees uncritically)
Polish
3 entries- klakier noun (who habitually agrees uncritically)
- leming noun (who habitually agrees uncritically)
- przytakiwacz noun (who habitually agrees uncritically)
Russian
2 entries- подпевала noun (who habitually agrees uncritically)
- подхалим noun (who habitually agrees uncritically)
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