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ArcticDagger@feddit.dk to Science@mander.xyz · 9 months ago

LLMs produce racist output when prompted in African American English

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LLMs produce racist output when prompted in African American English

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ArcticDagger@feddit.dk to Science@mander.xyz · 9 months ago
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Large language models exhibit racial prejudices on the basis of dialect.
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    An LLM needs to evaluate and modify the preliminary output before actually sending it. In the context of a human mind that’s called thinking before opening your mouth.

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      Who among us couldn’t benefit from a little more of that?

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        Humans aren’t always very good at that, and LLMs were trained on stuff written by humans, so here we are.

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          Exciting new product from the tech industry: Fruit from the poisoned tree!

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