Detecting LLM Hallucination Through Layer-wise Information Deficiency: Analysis of Unanswerable Questions and Ambiguous Prompts

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.10246v1
• Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:14:49 GMT
• Title: Detecting LLM Hallucination Through Layer-wise Information Deficiency: Analysis of Unanswerable Questions and Ambiguous Prompts
• Authors: Hazel Kim, Adel Bibi, Philip Torr, Yarin Gal,
• Abstract summary: Large language models (LLMs) frequently generate confident yet inaccurate responses. We present a novel approach to detecting model hallucination through systematic analysis of information flow.
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• Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) frequently generate confident yet inaccurate responses, introducing significant risks for deployment in safety-critical domains. We present a novel approach to detecting model hallucination through systematic analysis of information flow across model layers when processing inputs with insufficient or ambiguous context. Our investigation reveals that hallucination manifests as usable information deficiencies in inter-layer transmissions. While existing approaches primarily focus on final-layer output analysis, we demonstrate that tracking cross-layer information dynamics ($\mathcal{L}$I) provides robust indicators of model reliability, accounting for both information gain and loss during computation. $\mathcal{L}$I improves model reliability by immediately integrating with universal LLMs without additional training or architectural modifications.

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