Preferences Glossary

Browse 4 preferences terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

4 Preferences Terms

Direct Preference Optimization
A post-training method that updates a model directly from paired preference data without an explicit reward model. It influences how models are trained,...
Human Preference
Human judgments about which outputs, behaviors, or policies are more desirable, useful, or acceptable in a given context. Human preference data is often used...
Preference Data
Data capturing which outputs humans prefer among alternatives, often used to train ranking models, reward models, or alignment systems. Preference data is...
Preference Model
A model trained to predict or score human preferences among candidate outputs, often used in alignment and reinforcement learning pipelines. Preference models...

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