I Think, Therefore I am: Benchmarking Awareness of Large Language Models Using AwareBench

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2401.17882v2
• Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 09:47:38 GMT
• Title: I Think, Therefore I am: Benchmarking Awareness of Large Language Models Using AwareBench
• Authors: Yuan Li, Yue Huang, Yuli Lin, Siyuan Wu, Yao Wan and Lichao Sun
• Abstract summary: We introduce AwareBench, a benchmark designed to evaluate awareness in large language models (LLMs) We categorize awareness in LLMs into five dimensions, including capability, mission, emotion, culture, and perspective. Our experiments, conducted on 13 LLMs, reveal that the majority of them struggle to fully recognize their capabilities and missions while demonstrating decent social intelligence.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Do large language models (LLMs) exhibit any forms of awareness similar to humans? In this paper, we introduce AwareBench, a benchmark designed to evaluate awareness in LLMs. Drawing from theories in psychology and philosophy, we define awareness in LLMs as the ability to understand themselves as AI models and to exhibit social intelligence. Subsequently, we categorize awareness in LLMs into five dimensions, including capability, mission, emotion, culture, and perspective. Based on this taxonomy, we create a dataset called AwareEval, which contains binary, multiple-choice, and open-ended questions to assess LLMs' understandings of specific awareness dimensions. Our experiments, conducted on 13 LLMs, reveal that the majority of them struggle to fully recognize their capabilities and missions while demonstrating decent social intelligence. We conclude by connecting awareness of LLMs with AI alignment and safety, emphasizing its significance to the trustworthy and ethical development of LLMs. Our dataset and code are available at https://github.com/HowieHwong/Awareness-in-LLM.

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