# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Stop Guessing: How to Measure and Improve LLM Outputs
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 08 Jul, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Wed, 08 Jul, 2026 at 08:30 pm
- **Event Description**: This will be a beginner friendly, but technical talk on how to evaluate and measure LLM outputs. No longer will you be frustrated by an LLM!About this EventMost people use LLMs by feel: ask a question, read the answer, decide whether it “seems good,” and move on.That works for casual use. It does not work when you are building software, automating workflows, writing important documents, or relying on AI for anything that needs to be repeatable.In this talk, we’ll look at how to improve and evaluate the inputs and outputs of LLMs using practical measurement techniques. We’ll cover how prompt changes affect results, how to compare outputs, how to build simple evaluation sets, and how math-based methods like similarity scoring can help you move beyond guesswork.This will be beginner-friendly, so even if you don't know anything about AI, you should get something out of it. However, this will be a little more technical than our intro talks. You do not need to be an AI researcher, but programmers and technically curious attendees will get a lot out of it.We’ll cover:Why “it looks good” is not enoughHow to improve prompts by changing the input, context, and constraintsHow to compare LLM outputs more systematicallyBasic evaluation techniques for accuracy, consistency, and usefulnessHow embeddings, cosine similarity, and scoring can help evaluate resultsWhere automated evaluation works — and where humans still need to stay in the loopBy the end, you’ll have a practical mental model for treating LLMs less like magic and more like systems you can test, measure, and improve.LOGISTICS AND PARKING:The talk starts at 7:00 PM. The first half hour is reserved for everyone to get set up and mingle. Free pizza and drinks!The cheapest parking option is to find street parking, which will only cost you a few bucks. Otherwise, park in the nearby veteran's museum lot for $8. It's highly recommended you avoid the nearby $15 garage parking.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/columbus/stop-guessing-how-to-measure-and-improve-llm-outputs/100001992723324105
- **Event Categories**: fitness
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Columbus
- **state**: OH
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 330 Rush Alley
- **lat**: 39.9599652
- **long**: -83.0091569
- **full address**: 330 Rush Alley, 330 Rush Alley, Columbus, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Stop Guessing: How to Measure and Improve LLM Outputs being held?
  - **A:** Stop Guessing: How to Measure and Improve LLM Outputs takes place on Wed, 08 Jul, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Wed, 08 Jul, 2026 at 08:30 pm at 330 Rush Alley, 330 Rush Alley, Columbus, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Stop Guessing: How to Measure and Improve LLM Outputs?
  - **A:** Stop Guessing: How to Measure and Improve LLM Outputs is organized by Niel Malhotra.

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