Predicting Human Preference with $100,000 in Prizes
Overview
Background
Current LLM benchmarks often fail to capture real-world LLM usage, resulting in a discrepancy between model performance and user satisfaction. Platforms like Chatbot Arena allow users to submit questions and vote on preferred responses; however, the potential of this data has been largely untapped in developing models that predict and optimize for user preferences at scale. Predicting user preferences is essential for creating human-aligned conversational AI that delivers a satisfying user experience. Successful models could enable language models to dynamically adapt their output based on individual preferences across different contexts and use cases. Moreover, this competition aims to uncover the factors that drive user preferences beyond objective correctness. Many user questions are open-ended, and we have already found a correlation between user preference and subjective qualities like conversationality. This could also be one of the best testbeds for reward modeling in your RLHF algorithms.
Competition Details
The competition will run until August 5th, with a total prize of $100,000, featuring a $25,000 prize for 1st place, 20,000 prizes for 2nd through 4th places, and a 15,000 prize for 5th place. This is your opportunity to contribute to the advancement of human-aligned language models while gaining valuable insights into human preferences and decision-making. These insights could provide value to both the computer science and psychology communities, shedding light on the factors that shape human preferences in conversational AI.
