Summary of Culture-gen: Revealing Global Cultural Perception in Language Models Through Natural Language Prompting, by Huihan Li et al.
CULTURE-GEN: Revealing Global Cultural Perception in Language Models through Natural Language Prompting
by Huihan Li, Liwei Jiang, Jena D. Hwang, Hyunwoo Kim, Sebastin Santy, Taylor Sorensen, Bill Yuchen Lin, Nouha Dziri, Xiang Ren, Yejin Choi
First submitted to arxiv on: 16 Apr 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 abstract discusses the importance of large language models (LLMs) having adequate knowledge and fair representation for diverse global cultures. To achieve this, the authors use culture-conditioned generations to uncover culture perceptions of three SOTA models on 110 countries and regions across eight culture-related topics. The study finds that LLMs have an uneven degree of diversity in culture symbols, with cultures from different geographic regions having varying presence in the models’ culture-agnostic generation. The findings highlight the need for further research into the knowledge and fairness of global culture perception in LLMs. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Large language models are being used more and more around the world. It’s important that they have a good understanding of different cultures from all over the globe. To find out how well they do, researchers used special techniques to look at three top-performing models’ views on 110 countries and regions. They looked at eight topics related to culture, like customs and traditions. The study found that these models tend to focus on certain cultures more than others, and that cultures from different parts of the world are represented in different ways. This research is important because it helps us understand how we can make sure language models are fair and respectful to all cultures. |
