http://programmer.ie/tags/revision/ Recent content in Revision on Programmer.ie: Modern AI programming Hugo en-us Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100 http://programmer.ie/post/preferences/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100 http://programmer.ie/post/preferences/ <blockquote> <p><strong>A preference is not only a label on what just happened. When the decision belongs to a continuing trajectory, it can also be evidence about what happens next.</strong></p></blockquote> <h2 id="abstract">Abstract</h2> <p>Most preference-learning systems stop at the choice.</p> <p>A model produces two responses. A human selects one. The chosen response becomes positive evidence, the rejected response becomes negative evidence, and the training system moves on.</p> <p>The work itself usually continues.</p> <p>The selected answer may later be revised, partially retained, contradicted or abandoned. The rejected alternative may reveal a constraint that remains active long after the immediate decision. The preference is therefore not necessarily the outcome. It may be an event inside a longer trajectory.</p>