Underfitting
What is Underfitting?
Underfitting occurs when an AI model is too simple to capture the patterns in the data it's learning from. This means the model performs poorly on both the training data and new, unseen data. It matters because an underfitted model fails to learn the essential relationships needed to make accurate predictions or generate useful outputs.
Technical Details
Underfitting typically results from insufficient model complexity, inadequate training time, or overly strong regularization. It can be identified when both training and validation loss remain high, indicating the model hasn't learned the underlying data distribution.
Real-World Example
If you train ChatGPT on only a few simple conversation examples, it might produce generic, unhelpful responses to most user queries because it hasn't learned the nuances of human language and conversation patterns.
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