HyDE: Precise Zero-Shot Dense Retrieval without Relevance Labels

02/02/2024 36 min
HyDE: Precise Zero-Shot Dense Retrieval without Relevance Labels

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Episode Synopsis

We discuss HyDE: a thrilling zero-shot learning technique that combines GPT-3’s language understanding with contrastive text encoders. HyDE revolutionizes information retrieval and grounding in real-world data by generating hypothetical documents from queries and retrieving similar real-world documents. It outperforms traditional unsupervised retrievers, rivaling fine-tuned retrievers across diverse tasks and languages. This leap in zero-shot learning efficiently retrieves relevant real-world information without task-specific fine-tuning, broadening AI model applicability and effectiveness. Link to transcript and live recording: https://arize.com/blog/hyde-paper-reading-and-discussion/Learn more about AI observability and evaluation, join the Arize AI Slack community or get the latest on LinkedIn and X.

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