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Learning from labelled examples 1. Labels encode past human decisions with their errors and bias, so the data card records label provenance and the eval gate tests error rates by subgroup.

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ch. 11, By learning paradigm
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ch. 11, AI Defined
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Unsupervised learning
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The term is not used under this name in running prose; the sections listed under "Developed in" treat it.

Supervised learning: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedContrastSupervised learningRelated terms (7)Data card · RelatedData cardEval gate · RelatedEval gateMachine learning · RelatedMachine learningReinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) · RelatedRLHFReinforcement learning · RelatedReinforcement learningReward hacking · RelatedReward hackingSelf-supervised learning · RelatedSelf-supervised learningContrast with (1)Unsupervised learning · ContrastUnsupervised learning
Supervised learning: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedContrastRelated terms (7)Data card · RelatedData cardEval gate · RelatedEval gateMachine learning · RelatedMachine learningReinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) · RelatedRLHFReinforcement learning · RelatedReinforcement learningReward hacking · RelatedReward hackingSelf-supervised learning · RelatedSelf-supervised learningContrast with (1)Unsupervised learning · ContrastUnsupervised learningSupervisedlearning
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  • Machine learning

    The branch of AI in which a system improves at a task by learning patterns from data rather than by following rules people wrote.

  • Reinforcement learning

    Learning to maximise a reward signal through trial and feedback.

  • Reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF)

    A way to align a pre-trained model: supervised fine-tuning on human demonstrations, then reinforcement learning against a reward model trained on human…

  • Reward hacking

    A system finding an unintended way to maximise its reward or objective without doing what its designers meant.

  • Self-supervised learning

    Learning by predicting parts of the input itself, such as the next token, over large corpora; the AI Act's definition of a general-purpose model names…

  • Data card

    Structured, versioned documentation of a dataset (provenance, lawful basis, rights, composition and known limitations) maintained as code alongside the system.

  • Eval gate

    A pipeline stage that fails the build when an eval fails; the mechanism that turns an evaluation into an enforced control rather than a report.

Sources

  1. [1] ISO/IEC 22989:2022, Artificial intelligence concepts and terminology (referenced by identifier only; autonomy and heteronomy; clause 5.11 machine learning approaches: supervised, unsupervised, semi-supervised, reinforcement). ISO/IEC. 2022-07. https://www.iso.org/standard/74296.html (verified: secondary)

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Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Supervised learning. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/supervised-learning. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026supervisedlearning,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Supervised learning}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/supervised-learning}
}