control experiment
noun
plural control experiments
: an experiment in which all variable factors have been kept constant and which is used as a standard of comparison to the experimental component in a controlled experiment
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In a control experiment using OpenAI’s GPT-2 text generator first released in 2019 to teach GPT-4, the more recent system became less capable and similar to the inferior system.
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Will Knight, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2023
Will Knight, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2023
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First Known Use
1848, in the meaning defined above
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“Control experiment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/control%20experiment. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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control experiment
noun
: an experiment in which all variable factors have been kept constant and which is used as a standard of comparison to the experiment component in a controlled experiment
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