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wise_blood • yesterday at 12:19 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

also curious on the practical use of the confidence score.

e.g. why return

      "probabilities": [
        { "value": "billing", "probability": 0.95 },
        { "value": "technical", "probability": 0.02 },
        { "value": "shipping", "probability": 0.01 },
        { "value": "other", "probability": 0.02 }
      ],
      "confidence": 0.93

 
and not

      "probabilities": [
        { "value": "billing", "probability": 0.90 },
        { "value": "technical", "probability": 0.04 },
        { "value": "shipping", "probability": 0.03 },
        { "value": "other", "probability": 0.04 }
      ],

(p' = 0.93 * p + 0.07 * 1/4)

?


Replies

maximus_prime • yesterday at 12:26 PM

A low confidence score would indicate neither option is probably correct, right?

rsl1 • yesterday at 1:51 PM

Aint it just, "Its most likely 'x', but I'm just 'y' sure". I think it makes sense although I can see the confusion

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