← AI Platform & Model PM / 24
expertNewAnthropic

You have $30,000 to improve a task assistant. Buy demonstrations, preference labels or execution feedback?

Try it in the practice workspaceDraft your answer before comparing it with the rubric.

Choose data that can change a measured failure. Price accepted examples, reserve evaluation capacity and explain why a cheaper label may teach the wrong behavior.

Updated Oct 2026 · Original practice questions with worked answers and teaching rubrics. Our editorial policy explains the sources, review process and limits.

Case briefRead the inputs, then make your call

You own a task assistant that updates customer records in a sandbox. A review of 200 failed tasks assigns each failure to one primary cause. The prices and acceptance rates below are fictional planning inputs.

Scenario inputs
Available budget$30,000 in total
Failure review90 incorrect action sequences; 60 false completion claims; 30 unsuitable responses despite correct task results; 20 tool-contract or authorization defects.
Demonstration quote$20 per collected example; 80% passed the pilot acceptance review.
Preference quote$3 per collected comparison; 90% passed the pilot acceptance review.
Execution-trace quote$5 per collected trace; 60% passed the pilot acceptance review.
Budget scopeCollection, acceptance review, model adaptation and independent evaluation must all fit. Other costs have not yet been quoted.

Your task. Recommend the first investment, calculate usable-data costs and explain how you will decide whether to spend the remaining budget. State any additional assumptions.

Choose data that can change a measured failure. Price accepted examples, reserve evaluation capacity and explain why a cheaper label may teach the wrong behavior.

This reference answer is in Premium. Free signup opens other answers.

9 answers per topic instead of 5, and your progress kept · no cardor unlock all 420 remaining answers
UP NEXT ON YOUR JOURNEY
NOTES & DISCUSSION · 0

No comments yet. How would you have answered?