AI Glossary Term

What is Weak Supervision?

Definition

Using noisy, heuristic, or partial labels to train models when clean labels are scarce.

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Annotation
Human-added labels or metadata used to train or evaluate machine learning models.
Ground Truth
Trusted reference labels used to train or evaluate model outputs.
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When benchmark test examples or close variants are present in training data, inflating reported performance.
AI Agent
A software system that can observe, reason, and take actions to achieve a goal, often using tools and memory.
Algorithmic Transparency
How clearly an AI system's logic, data sources, and limitations are documented and understandable.
Attention Mechanism
A model component that dynamically focuses on relevant parts of an input when producing an output.

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