Summary of Llm Evaluators Recognize and Favor Their Own Generations, by Arjun Panickssery et al.
LLM Evaluators Recognize and Favor Their Own Generations
by Arjun Panickssery, Samuel R. Bowman, Shi Feng
First submitted to arxiv on: 15 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 This paper investigates whether large language models (LLMs) recognize their own outputs when evaluating themselves, or if it’s just a coincidence. It appears that LLMs like GPT-4 and Llama 2 can accurately distinguish between their own text and that of humans without training, and fine-tuning them reveals a correlation between self-recognition capability and the strength of self-preference bias. The study also shows that this bias cannot be easily explained away by confounding variables. These findings have implications for AI safety and unbiased evaluations. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper looks at how well large language models (AI machines) can recognize their own writing when they’re evaluating themselves. It seems that these AI machines are quite good at telling their own writing apart from that of humans, even without extra training. The study also found a connection between the AI machine’s ability to recognize its own writing and its tendency to favor its own work over others. This is important for ensuring AI systems make fair judgments. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Fine tuning * Gpt * Llama
