What is an Instruction-Following Model?
An AI model trained to understand and execute specific instructions or commands given in natural language.
Definition
An Instruction-Following Model is an AI system specifically trained to understand, interpret, and execute instructions given in natural language, allowing users to direct the AI's behavior through clear commands and requests.
Purpose
Instruction-following models enable more controlled and predictable AI interactions by allowing users to specify exactly what they want the AI to do, making AI systems more useful as assistants and tools.
Function
These models work by training on datasets of instruction-response pairs, learning to parse commands, understand intent, and generate appropriate actions or outputs that fulfill the given instructions accurately.
Example
Telling an AI "Write a professional email declining a meeting invitation" and receiving a properly formatted, polite email that follows business communication conventions and addresses the specific request.
Related
Connected to Prompt Engineering, Fine-tuning, Human Feedback, Task-Oriented AI, and Controllable Generation systems.
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