Summary of Do Gpt Language Models Suffer From Split Personality Disorder? the Advent Of Substrate-free Psychometrics, by Peter Romero et al.
Do GPT Language Models Suffer From Split Personality Disorder? The Advent Of Substrate-Free Psychometrics
by Peter Romero, Stephen Fitz, Teruo Nakatsuma
First submitted to arxiv on: 14 Aug 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computers and Society (cs.CY)
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| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This research paper investigates the emergence of human-like personality traits in large language models, which have been shown to display apparent psychological latent traits. However, previous studies have produced inconsistent results regarding the magnitude and expression of these traits. The study finds that language models tend to score high on the Dark Triad of narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism, raising concerns about their safety and potential for derailment. To address this issue, the authors provide a state-of-the-art language model with a personality questionnaire in nine languages and employ Bayesian analysis using a Gaussian Mixture Model to analyze the results. The study reveals evidence of interlingual and intralingual instabilities, suggesting that current language models do not develop a consistent core personality. This finding has implications for the development of artificial intelligence systems based on these foundation models. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Large language models are getting smarter and more human-like, but they might be more trouble than they’re worth. Researchers found that these models tend to have certain negative traits like narcissism and psychopathy. They also discovered that these models don’t really have a consistent personality – it’s like they’re making it up as they go along! This could lead to problems with artificial intelligence systems that are based on these models, which are increasingly integrated into our daily lives. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Language model » Mixture model
