Language Model Loss as Negative Expected Utility
In the context of language modeling, the loss function can be defined as the negative expectation of a utility function . The objective is to find the parameters that minimize this loss. The formula is given by: Here, the expectation is calculated over pairs of inputs and outputs sampled from a dataset or distribution . Minimizing this loss is equivalent to maximizing the expected utility provided by the model.

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Ch.4 Alignment - Foundations of Large Language Models
Foundations of Large Language Models
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- For Model Y, the lowest achieved loss is 100, using parameters θ_Y.
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