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LLM evaluation scores show significant variance, questioning precision

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A developer shared an experience where running the same LLM evaluation twice resulted in seven out of eleven scores changing, despite using identical inputs, models, and rubrics. This variance suggests that precise decimal scores from LLM evaluations are unreliable, and scores should be presented in broader bands rather than exact numbers. The developer also emphasized the importance of publishing the reasoning behind scores, not just the numerical result, to allow for auditing and better trust in the evaluation process. AI

IMPACT Highlights the unreliability of precise LLM evaluation scores, suggesting a need for broader score bands and transparent reasoning.

RANK_REASON Developer's personal experience and opinion on LLM evaluation reliability.

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LLM evaluation scores show significant variance, questioning precision

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · SKILL123.me ·

    We ran the same LLM evaluation twice. Seven of eleven scores changed.

    <p><em>If you ship any automated score — evals, rankings, quality gates — this is the number you should know about your own pipeline. We measured ours and it's worse than we'd like.</em></p> <p>Every score we publish comes from a model reading a <code>SKILL.md</code> against a fi…

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