AI engineering glossary · MLOps, LLMOps cloud

What is feedback loop?

Feedback loop: A cycle in which a model's outputs influence the data it is later trained on or evaluated with. It can be useful, as when user ratings improve a system, or harmful, when a recommender keeps showing what it already showed and narrows its own data.

Level: intermediateTopic: MLOps, LLMOps cloud

Feedback loop: an example

A feed that promotes popular videos gets more clicks on them, so retraining strengthens the same bias.

Related terms

More MLOps, LLMOps cloud terms

Where you learn it

Feedback loop is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.

Before you go

Take the cheat sheet with you

One free PDF: the key AI-engineering terms, formulas and Python idioms. No spam; unsubscribe any time.