Elicitation

Noun · AI & Machine Learning

Definitions

  1. The process of drawing out a model's capabilities, preferences, or hidden knowledge through careful prompting, testing, or setup. In AI research, elicitation is important because poor prompts can underestimate what a model can actually do.

    In plain English: Getting an AI system to show capabilities it already has.

    Example: "The benchmark improved after better elicitation exposed reasoning ability that the original prompt format had suppressed."

Related Terms