arXiv:2410.19775cs.CYcs.AI2024-10被引 1

揭示大模型性别偏见的根源:非失误而是理性结果。

Gender Bias of LLM in Economics: An Existentialism Perspective

  • 用数学证明与实证测试,发现模型在无显式性别词时仍强化刻板印象。
  • 人类可凭伦理超越偏见,模型却因优化数据而固化偏见。
  • 提出从存在主义视角重构AI治理,强调伦理融入技术设计。

大型语言模型(如GPT-4、BERT)在自然语言处理中广泛应用,已深度介入金融决策。然而其部署带来关键挑战,尤其在高风险经济环境中加剧性别偏见。本文通过数学证明与基于词语嵌入关联测试(WEAT)的实证研究,表明即使无显式性别标记,大模型仍会内在强化性别刻板印象。对比人类与模型决策过程发现:人类可通过伦理判断和个体化理解克服偏见,而模型则将偏见作为训练数据中社会结构的理性优化结果加以维持。分析证实,模型偏见并非意外缺陷,而是系统性产物。基于存在主义理论,我们认为模型偏见反映深层社会结构,凸显纯技术去偏方法的局限。研究呼吁建立新的理论框架与跨学科方法,以应对大模型在经济金融决策中的伦理影响,倡导重构其作用机制,将类人伦理考量纳入人工智能治理,确保金融系统公平性。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Large Language Models (LLMs), such as GPT-4 and BERT, have rapidly gained traction in natural language processing (NLP) and are now integral to financial decision-making. However, their deployment introduces critical challenges, particularly in perpetuating gender biases that can distort decision-making outcomes in high-stakes economic environments. This paper investigates gender bias in LLMs through both mathematical proofs and empirical experiments using the Word Embedding Association Test (WEAT), demonstrating that LLMs inherently reinforce gender stereotypes even without explicit gender markers. By comparing the decision-making processes of humans and LLMs, we reveal fundamental differences: while humans can override biases through ethical reasoning and individualized understanding, LLMs maintain bias as a rational outcome of their mathematical optimization on biased data. Our analysis proves that bias in LLMs is not an unintended flaw but a systematic result of their rational processing, which tends to preserve and amplify existing societal biases encoded in training data. Drawing on existentialist theory, we argue that LLM-generated bias reflects entrenched societal structures and highlights the limitations of purely technical debiasing methods. This research underscores the need for new theoretical frameworks and interdisciplinary methodologies that address the ethical implications of integrating LLMs into economic and financial decision-making. We advocate for a reconceptualization of how LLMs influence economic decisions, emphasizing the importance of incorporating human-like ethical considerations into AI governance to ensure fairness and equity in AI-driven financial systems.

性别偏见大模型伦理治理存在主义

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