Machine Learning Intermediate
unidirectional
A system that only evaluates the text that precedes a target section of text.
Plain English Explanation
A system that only evaluates the text that precedes a target section of text. In contrast, a bidirectional system evaluates both the text that precedes and follows a target section of text. See bidirectional for more details.
How is it used?
Practitioners refer to unidirectional when building, training, or evaluating machine learning systems. It appears in research papers, product documentation, and technical discussions about AI capabilities and limitations.