steerability
/ˌstɪərəˈbɪləti/
how reliably a model's behavior can be directed by instructions
steerability in a sentence
“Fine-grained steerability lets one system prompt flip the assistant from playful to formal.”
Origin of steerability
Old English steoran to guide a vessel + Latin -abilitas capacity
Related Words
context engineering
curating everything a model sees — instructions, examples, retrieved facts — not just the final question
style transfer
re-rendering content in a different artistic or verbal style while keeping its substance
aspect ratio
the proportion of an image's width to its height
prompt
the input text given to a language model to guide its response
system prompt
persistent instructions that set the model's behavior and persona for an entire conversation
few-shot learning
providing examples in the prompt to demonstrate desired input-output patterns