Summary of Homograph Attacks on Maghreb Sentiment Analyzers, by Fatima Zahra Qachfar et al.
Homograph Attacks on Maghreb Sentiment Analyzers
by Fatima Zahra Qachfar, Rakesh M. Verma
First submitted to arxiv on: 5 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This research paper investigates the effects of homograph attacks on sentiment analysis tasks for different Arabic dialects from Maghreb North-African countries. Specifically, it examines how transformer-based models perform when trained on “Arabizi”-written data, which leads to a significant drop in classification accuracy from 0.95 F1-score to 0.33. The study aims to identify the limitations of language models and prioritize ethical machine learning practices. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper looks at how well computers can understand emotions expressed in different forms of Arabic spoken in North Africa. When someone writes a sentence using a mix of English and Arabic letters, it makes it hard for computers to tell if the text is expressing a positive or negative emotion. The study shows that this problem affects even the most advanced computer models. It’s trying to figure out how we can make sure these language models are fair and honest. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Classification * F1 score * Machine learning * Transformer
