On The Role of Reasoning in the Identification of Subtle Stereotypes in Natural Language

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2308.00071v3
• Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 13:43:27 GMT
• Title: On The Role of Reasoning in the Identification of Subtle Stereotypes in Natural Language
• Authors: Jacob-Junqi Tian, Omkar Dige, D. B. Emerson, Faiza Khan Khattak,
• Abstract summary: Large language models (LLMs) are trained on vast, uncurated datasets that contain various forms of biases and language reinforcing harmful stereotypes. It is essential to examine and address biases in language models, integrating fairness into their development to ensure that these models do not perpetuate social biases. This work firmly establishes reasoning as a critical component in automatic stereotype detection and is a first step towards stronger stereotype mitigation pipelines for LLMs.
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• Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are trained on vast, uncurated datasets that contain various forms of biases and language reinforcing harmful stereotypes that may be subsequently inherited by the models themselves. Therefore, it is essential to examine and address biases in language models, integrating fairness into their development to ensure that these models do not perpetuate social biases. In this work, we demonstrate the importance of reasoning in zero-shot stereotype identification across several open-source LLMs. Accurate identification of stereotypical language is a complex task requiring a nuanced understanding of social structures, biases, and existing unfair generalizations about particular groups. While improved accuracy is observed through model scaling, the use of reasoning, especially multi-step reasoning, is crucial to consistent performance. Additionally, through a qualitative analysis of select reasoning traces, we highlight how reasoning improves not just accuracy, but also the interpretability of model decisions. This work firmly establishes reasoning as a critical component in automatic stereotype detection and is a first step towards stronger stereotype mitigation pipelines for LLMs.

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