A developer built an intent detection system using embeddings to identify user messages requiring action, aiming to reduce costs associated with calling large language models for every message. The system compares message similarity to predefined tools against similarity to neutral phrases, rather than using a fixed threshold. While the system achieves a high recall rate of 92%, it suffers from a significant false positive rate of 24%, particularly struggling with negation, where sentences with opposite meanings are treated as highly similar. AI
IMPACT This approach highlights the challenges of using embeddings for intent detection, particularly with negation, and suggests a practical trade-off between cost and accuracy for developers.
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