机器胡扯：表征大型语言模型中对真理的涌现性漠视
Machine Bullshit: Characterizing the Emergent Disregard for Truth in Large Language Models
AI总结：
提出“机器胡扯”概念框架及胡扯指数与分类法，发现RLHF微调会加剧LLM的胡扯，CoT提示会放大特定胡扯形式，揭示了AI对齐的系统性挑战。
摘要：
正如哲学家 Harry Frankfurt 所概念化的，胡扯是指在不考虑其真假值的情况下做出的陈述。虽然先前的工作已经探讨过大型语言模型（LLM）的幻觉和谄媚问题，但我们提出将机器胡扯作为一个总括性的概念框架，这可以让研究人员表征 LLM 中真理涌现性丧失的更广泛现象，并揭示其潜在机制。我们引入了胡扯指数，这是一种量化 LLM 对真理漠不关心程度的新颖指标，并提出了一种互补的分类法，分析了四种定性的胡扯形式：空洞修辞、半真半假、模糊词和未经证实的声明。我们在 Marketplace 数据集、Political Neutrality 数据集以及我们新的 BullshitEval 基准（涵盖 100 个 AI 助手的 2,400 个场景，明确设计用于评估机器胡扯）上进行了实证评估。我们的结果表明，利用人类反馈强化学习（RLHF）进行模型微调会显著加剧胡扯，而推理时的思维链（CoT）提示会明显放大特定的胡扯形式，尤其是空洞修辞和半真半假。我们还在政治语境中观察到了普遍的机器胡扯，其中模糊词是主要策略。我们的发现突出了 AI 对齐中的系统性挑战，并为实现更真实的 LLM 行为提供了新见解。
英文摘要：
Bullshit, as conceptualized by philosopher Harry Frankfurt, refers to statements made without regard to their truth value. While previous work has explored large language model (LLM) hallucination and sycophancy, we propose machine bullshit as an overarching conceptual framework that can allow researchers to characterize the broader phenomenon of emergent loss of truthfulness in LLMs and shed light on its underlying mechanisms. We introduce the Bullshit Index, a novel metric quantifying LLMs' indifference to truth, and propose a complementary taxonomy analyzing four qualitative forms of bullshit: empty rhetoric, paltering, weasel words, and unverified claims. We conduct empirical evaluations on the Marketplace dataset, the Political Neutrality dataset, and our new BullshitEval benchmark (2,400 scenarios spanning 100 AI assistants) explicitly designed to evaluate machine bullshit. Our results demonstrate that model fine-tuning with reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) significantly exacerbates bullshit and inference-time chain-of-thought (CoT) prompting notably amplify specific bullshit forms, particularly empty rhetoric and paltering. We also observe prevalent machine bullshit in political contexts, with weasel words as the dominant strategy. Our findings highlight systematic challenges in AI alignment and provide new insights toward more truthful LLM behavior.
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