Evaluating LLMs: How Do You Measure a Model's Mind?

As large language models (LLMs) become central to search, productivity tools, education, and coding, evaluating them is no longer optional. You have to ask: Is this model reliable? Accurate? Safe? Biased? Smart enough for my task? But here’s the catch: LLMs are not deterministic functions. They generate free-form text, can be right in one sentence and wrong in the next — and vary wildly depending on the prompt. So how do we evaluate them meaningfully? ...

June 15, 2024 · 3 min