多语言大模型因语义差异产生分歧,暴露了统一性与本土性之间的根本冲突。
Cross-linguistic disagreement as a conflict of semantic alignment norms in multilingual AI~Linguistic Diversity as a Problem for Philosophy, Cognitive Science, and AI~
- 区分跨语言一致性和民间判断一致性,揭示多语言模型的双重对齐困境
- 在哲学案例测试中,顶级多语言模型出现矛盾且自相矛盾的回答
- 为技术开发者提供伦理与认知科学交叉视角的反思框架
多语言大语言模型面临一个常被忽视的挑战:不同语言间固有的语义差异。语言分化可能导致跨语言分歧——仅因相关概念的语义差异而产生的意见分歧。本文将此类分歧识别为多语言大模型中两种核心对齐规范的冲突:跨语言一致性(CL-consistency),追求跨语言的普遍概念;以及与民间判断的一致性(Folk-consistency),尊重语言特定的语义规范。通过分析英语与日语对话式多语言AI在哲学案例(知识-如何归因)中的表现,研究发现,即使是最先进的多语言模型也存在分歧且内部不一致。这些发现揭示了跨语言知识迁移中的新型定性局限,即概念性跨语言知识壁垒,挑战了普遍表征和跨语言迁移能力天然可取的假设。此外,它们暴露了开发者对齐策略间的冲突,突显了对大模型研究人员和开发者的重大规范性问题。影响超越技术对齐,引发关于人工智能发展理想之下的规范、道德-政治及形而上学问题,这些问题与哲学家和认知科学家共享,但尚无定论,亟需跨学科方法,在跨语言一致性与语言多样性尊重之间寻求平衡。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Multilingual large language models (LLMs) face an often-overlooked challenge stemming from intrinsic semantic differences across languages. Linguistic divergence can sometimes lead to cross-linguistic disagreements--disagreements purely due to semantic differences about a relevant concept. This paper identifies such disagreements as conflicts between two fundamental alignment norms in multilingual LLMs: cross-linguistic consistency (CL-consistency), which seeks universal concepts across languages, and consistency with folk judgments (Folk-consistency), which respects language-specific semantic norms. Through examining responses of conversational multilingual AIs in English and Japanese with the cases used in philosophy (cases of knowledge-how attributions), this study demonstrates that even state-of-the-art LLMs provide divergent and internally inconsistent responses. Such findings reveal a novel qualitative limitation in crosslingual knowledge transfer, or conceptual crosslingual knowledge barriers, challenging the assumption that universal representations and cross-linguistic transfer capabilities are inherently desirable. Moreover, they reveal conflicts of alignment policies of their developers, highlighting critical normative questions for LLM researchers and developers. The implications extend beyond technical alignment challenges, raising normative, moral-political, and metaphysical questions about the ideals underlying AI development--questions that are shared with philosophers and cognitive scientists but for which no one yet has definitive answers, inviting a multidisciplinary approach to balance the practical benefits of cross-linguistic consistency and respect for linguistic diversity.
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