Too Big to Fool: Resisting Deception in Language Models

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.10558v1
• Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 21:03:10 GMT
• Title: Too Big to Fool: Resisting Deception in Language Models
• Authors: Mohammad Reza Samsami, Mats Leon Richter, Juan Rodriguez, Megh Thakkar, Sarath Chandar, Maxime Gasse,
• Abstract summary: Large language models must balance their weight-encoded knowledge with in-context information from prompts to generate accurate responses. This paper investigates how models of varying capacities within the same family handle intentionally misleading in-context information.
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• Abstract: Large language models must balance their weight-encoded knowledge with in-context information from prompts to generate accurate responses. This paper investigates this interplay by analyzing how models of varying capacities within the same family handle intentionally misleading in-context information. Our experiments demonstrate that larger models exhibit higher resilience to deceptive prompts, showcasing an advanced ability to interpret and integrate prompt information with their internal knowledge. Furthermore, we find that larger models outperform smaller ones in following legitimate instructions, indicating that their resilience is not due to disregarding in-context information. We also show that this phenomenon is likely not a result of memorization but stems from the models' ability to better leverage implicit task-relevant information from the prompt alongside their internally stored knowledge.

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