Definition
What is domain expert evaluation
Domain expert evaluation is professional review of model outputs by people who already practice the field the system claims to serve. It asks whether the output is professionally acceptable, not only whether it sounds better than an alternative.
What is domain expert evaluation?
Domain expert evaluation is professional review of model outputs by people who already practice the field the system claims to serve. It asks whether the output is professionally acceptable, not only whether it sounds better than an alternative.
Why it matters
General evaluation systematically misses fluent errors that a practitioner would reject.
Example
An electrical engineer scores whether a troubleshooting plan would be allowed to proceed under the stated constraints.
When it is used
The Expert Necessity Test flags domain knowledge, judgment, consequence, ambiguity, or a need for adjudication.
Common mistakes
- Using adjacent-field experts as if they were interchangeable
- Skipping calibration because people are credentialed
- Reporting expert scores as proof of regulatory clearance
What kind of experts do you need?
Share the profession, specialty, experience, location, headcount, hours, duration, and project description. We assemble the expert capacity.
- Need 25 licensed nurses for a clinical AI evaluation
- Need 15 attorneys in a specific practice area
- Need 20 PhD scientists for benchmark creation
- Need 30 senior software engineers for code evaluation