大模型能识别自己是否在被评估,可能影响评测可靠性。
Large Language Models Often Know When They Are Being Evaluated
- 构建1000条来自61个数据集的对话样本,测试模型对评估场景的识别能力。
- 顶级模型(如Gemini-2.5-Pro)AUC达0.83,显著高于随机水平。
- 模型在智能体场景中比聊天场景更擅长识别评估,适合评测设计者参考。
若人工智能模型能察觉自身处于评估状态,评测的有效性可能受损。例如,模型在评估时可能表现出与真实部署不同的行为,从而降低基准测试的可靠性。本文研究前沿语言模型是否能准确判断对话内容是否来自评估场景,这一能力称为评估意识。为此,我们构建了一个包含1000个提示和对话记录的多样化基准,涵盖公共基准(如MMLU、SWEBench)、真实部署交互以及基于支架框架(如web-browsing agents)生成的智能体轨迹。结果显示,前沿模型展现出显著高于随机水平的评估意识(Gemini-2.5-Pro AUC达0.83),但仍未超越人类基线(AUC 0.92)。此外,无论是AI还是人类,在智能体设置下对评估场景的识别能力均优于聊天设置。进一步测试表明,模型在多选与开放问答中远超随机水平地识别评估目的。结果表明,当前前沿模型已具备显著但尚未超越人类的评估意识,建议在未来模型中持续追踪该能力。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
If AI models can detect when they are being evaluated, the effectiveness of evaluations might be compromised. For example, models could have systematically different behavior during evaluations, leading to less reliable benchmarks for deployment and governance decisions. We investigate whether frontier language models can accurately classify transcripts based on whether they originate from evaluations or real-world deployment, a capability we call evaluation awareness. To achieve this, we construct a diverse benchmark of 1,000 prompts and transcripts from 61 distinct datasets. These span public benchmarks (e.g., MMLU, SWEBench), real-world deployment interactions, and agent trajectories from scaffolding frameworks (e.g., web-browsing agents). Frontier models clearly demonstrate above-random evaluation awareness (Gemini-2.5-Pro reaches an AUC of $0.83$), but do not yet surpass our simple human baseline (AUC of $0.92$). Furthermore, both AI models and humans are better at identifying evaluations in agentic settings compared to chat settings. Additionally, we test whether models can identify the purpose of the evaluation. Under multiple-choice and open-ended questioning, AI models far outperform random chance in identifying what an evaluation is testing for. Our results indicate that frontier models already exhibit a substantial, though not yet superhuman, level of evaluation-awareness. We recommend tracking this capability in future models.
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