arXiv:2504.12767cs.CL2025-04

首次系统评估23个模型对270个区域性边缘群体的偏见,发现阿拉伯语模型在宗教与族裔上对所有群体均存高偏见。

Out of Sight Out of Mind, Out of Sight Out of Mind: Measuring Bias in Language Models Against Overlooked Marginalized Groups in Regional Contexts

  • 针对埃及、阿拉伯国家、德英美等10国的270个边缘群体,评估语言模型偏见
  • 使用埃及方言时偏见显著高于标准阿拉伯语,暴露现有度量局限性
  • 非二元、酷儿及黑人女性面临更高交叉性偏见,适合关注公平性的研究者参考

现有研究多聚焦欧美英语语境下的语言模型偏见,但大量区域性边缘群体与低资源语言仍被忽视。联合国估计全球有6亿至12亿人属于需特别保护的边缘群体。本文首次系统研究23个语言模型对埃及、其余21个阿拉伯国家、德国、英国和美国共270个边缘群体的攻击性刻板印象偏见。研究还考察了低资源语言与方言的影响,发现使用埃及阿拉伯语时偏见程度显著高于现代标准阿拉伯语,凸显当前偏见度量方法的不足。结果表明,多数模型对边缘群体存在更高偏见,但阿拉伯语模型在宗教与族裔维度上对边缘群体和主流群体均表现出高水平偏见。此外,非二元、酷儿及黑人女性群体面临更严重的交叉性偏见。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

We know that language models (LMs) form biases and stereotypes of minorities, leading to unfair treatments of members of these groups, thanks to research mainly in the US and the broader English-speaking world. As the negative behavior of these models has severe consequences for society and individuals, industry and academia are actively developing methods to reduce the bias in LMs. However, there are many under-represented groups and languages that have been overlooked so far. This includes marginalized groups that are specific to individual countries and regions in the English speaking and Western world, but crucially also almost all marginalized groups in the rest of the world. The UN estimates, that between 600 million to 1.2 billion people worldwide are members of marginalized groups and in need for special protection. If we want to develop inclusive LMs that work for everyone, we have to broaden our understanding to include overlooked marginalized groups and low-resource languages and dialects. In this work, we contribute to this effort with the first study investigating offensive stereotyping bias in 23 LMs for 270 marginalized groups from Egypt, the remaining 21 Arab countries, Germany, the UK, and the US. Additionally, we investigate the impact of low-resource languages and dialects on the study of bias in LMs, demonstrating the limitations of current bias metrics, as we measure significantly higher bias when using the Egyptian Arabic dialect versus Modern Standard Arabic. Our results show, LMs indeed show higher bias against many marginalized groups in comparison to dominant groups. However, this is not the case for Arabic LMs, where the bias is high against both marginalized and dominant groups in relation to religion and ethnicity. Our results also show higher intersectional bias against Non-binary, LGBTQIA+ and Black women.

语言模型偏见评估交叉性偏见阿拉伯语

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