Why it's powerful

  • Works for nuanced criteria that classic metrics can't capture 5:07
  • Works for live monitoring, where no ground-truth reference answer exists 5:07
  • Lets you scale the expertise of your domain experts 5:07

Why it's not magic

  • It might not work for very complex criteria 5:07
  • Even simple criteria need work to align the judge with your expectations 5:21
  • Saying "LLM judges work" or "don't work" is like saying "machine learning works or doesn't work" — it all depends on the use case and how you apply it 5:21