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Hey, Simon! Have you ever considered to host private evals? I think, with the weight of the community behind you, you could easily accumulate a bunch of really
by tucnak 2y ago
Hey, Simon! Have you ever considered to host private evals? I think, with the weight of the community behind you, you could easily accumulate a bunch of really high-quality, "curated" data, if you will. That is to say, people would happily send it to you. More people should self-host stuff like https://github.com/lm-sys/FastChat https://github.com/lm-sys/FastChat without revealing their dataset, I think, and we would probably trust it more than the public stuff, considering they already trust _you_ to some extent! So far the private eval scene is just a handful of guys on twitter reporting their findings in unsystematic manner, but a real grassroots approach backed up by a respectable influencer would go a long way to change that.
Food for thought.
- simonw 2y agoHonestly I don't think I have the right temperament for being a reliable source for evals. I've played around with a few ideas - like "Pelicans on a bicycle" https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/25/pelicans-on-a-bicycle/ https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/25/pelicans-on-a-bicycle/ - but running evals well on an ongoing basis requires a focus and attention to detail that isn't a great fit for how I work. Here's Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B for "Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle" https://gist.github.com/simonw/56217af454695a90be2c8e09c703198a https://gist.github.com/simonw/56217af454695a90be2c8e09c7031...
- tucnak 2y ago"Pelican on a bicycle" is really fun, honestly. I hope it doesn't go the way of the unicorn! :-D