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Active Learning with Noisy Oracles: Real-World Annotation Study

other · 2026-04-29

A new study on arXiv (2604.23290) analyzes active learning algorithms using real-world crowd-sourced text annotations, addressing the challenge of imperfect or noisy labeling oracles. Traditional active learning assumes oracles are infallible, but real-world applications often involve errors. Previous research simulated noisy oracles with machine learning models, which may not capture real-world annotation nuances. This research collects actual human annotations to study algorithm performance under realistic conditions.

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  • arXiv paper 2604.23290 analyzes active learning algorithms
  • Focuses on real-world crowd-sourced text annotations
  • Addresses imperfect/noisy labeling oracles
  • Traditional active learning assumes infallible oracles
  • Prior research used ML models to simulate noisy oracles
  • Real-world annotation challenges are more nuanced
  • Study collects actual human annotations
  • Aims to reduce human annotation effort in machine learning

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