Deconstructing The Ethics of Large Language Models from Long-standing Issues to New-emerging Dilemmas

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.05392v1
• Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2024 07:55:01 GMT
• Title: Deconstructing The Ethics of Large Language Models from Long-standing Issues to New-emerging Dilemmas
• Authors: Chengyuan Deng, Yiqun Duan, Xin Jin, Heng Chang, Yijun Tian, Han Liu, Henry Peng Zou, Yiqiao Jin, Yijia Xiao, Yichen Wang, Shenghao Wu, Zongxing Xie, Kuofeng Gao, Sihong He, Jun Zhuang, Lu Cheng, Haohan Wang,
• Abstract summary: Large Language Models (LLMs) have achieved unparalleled success across diverse language modeling tasks in recent years. This paper provides a comprehensive survey of ethical challenges associated with LLMs, from longstanding issues such as copyright infringement to emerging problems like truthfulness and social norms.
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• Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) have achieved unparalleled success across diverse language modeling tasks in recent years. However, this progress has also intensified ethical concerns, impacting the deployment of LLMs in everyday contexts. This paper provides a comprehensive survey of ethical challenges associated with LLMs, from longstanding issues such as copyright infringement, systematic bias, and data privacy, to emerging problems like truthfulness and social norms. We critically analyze existing research aimed at understanding, examining, and mitigating these ethical risks. Our survey underscores integrating ethical standards and societal values into the development of LLMs, thereby guiding the development of responsible and ethically aligned language models.

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