Summary of Can Llms Recognize Toxicity? a Structured Investigation Framework and Toxicity Metric, by Hyukhun Koh et al.
Can LLMs Recognize Toxicity? A Structured Investigation Framework and Toxicity Metric
by Hyukhun Koh, Dohyung Kim, Minwoo Lee, Kyomin Jung
First submitted to arxiv on: 10 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper proposes a novel approach to measuring the toxicity of text generated by Large Language Models (LLMs), addressing limitations in existing methods that rely on specific toxicity datasets. The authors introduce a robust metric based on LLMs, analyzing toxicity factors and intrinsic toxic attributes to evaluate suitability as evaluators. Experimental results show significant improvement over conventional metrics, highlighting the importance of considering upstream toxicity when evaluating downstream metrics. This work has implications for developing socially responsible LLMs that can generate text adhering to societal standards. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper is about a new way to measure how good or bad language models are at producing text. Right now, we rely on special datasets to figure out if the text is okay or not, but this approach has some big problems. The authors suggest using language models themselves to decide what’s okay and what’s not. They tested their idea and found that it works really well – better than other methods! This is important because it could help us make sure our language models are producing text that follows societal rules. |
