arXiv:2607.20526cs.AIcs.LG2026-07被引 1

评测大模型自我判断可信度,发现准确率高不等于判断准。

ConfidenceBench: Evaluating Confidence Calibration in Large Language Models

论文配图:ConfidenceBench: Evaluating Confidence Calibration in Large Language Models
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  • 用提示词提取模型自评信心,无需模型内部数据。
  • 顶级模型自信度评分仅0.103,远超随机校准基线的0.1875。
  • 准确率与可信度常不匹配,是评估模型可靠性新维度。

大语言模型在需避免错误回答的场景中广泛应用,仅追求准确度已不足:模型还需知道何时可能出错。本文提出 ConfidenceBench,一个基于布雷尔分数(Brier score)的校准基准,用于评估15个前沿大模型的口头化置信度估计。通过提示词获取置信度,无需访问模型输出概率,适用于闭源与开源系统。该基准包含200道私有选择题,涵盖空间推理、高精度数学、词语查找和不可知问题四类。三次独立测试中,Claude Opus 4.6 和 Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview 的布雷尔分数均为0.103,表现最佳;两者显著优于0.1875的校准随机基线,而 Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite 得分为0.367,显示严重校准偏差。不同模型族间准确率与校准度差异显著:最准确模型未必最可靠,部分模型即使准确率尚可,其置信度仍低于基线。结果表明,置信度校准是独立且关键的模型可靠性维度,应补充传统准确率评估。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly deployed in settings where fluent but incorrect answers can be costly. In these settings, accuracy alone is insufficient: models must also know when they are likely to be wrong. We present ConfidenceBench, a calibration benchmark that evaluates verbalized confidence estimates in 15 frontier LLMs using the Brier score, a proper scoring rule that incentivises truthful probability reporting. Confidence is elicited via prompting, requiring no access to model logits and making the framework applicable to both closed-source and open-source systems. The benchmark comprises 200 private multiple-choice questions across four categories: spatial reasoning, high-precision mathematics, word lookup, and unknowable questions. Across three independent runs, Claude Opus 4.6 and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview achieve the lowest Brier scores, both reported as 0.103. Both substantially outperform the calibrated-random baseline of 0.1875, while Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite scores 0.367, indicating severe miscalibration. Accuracy and calibration diverge substantially across model families: the most accurate model is not the best-calibrated, and several models perform worse than the calibrated-random Brier baseline despite reasonable accuracy. These results show that verbalized confidence calibration is a distinct and practically important axis of LLM reliability, complementary to standard accuracy-based evaluation.

大模型置信度评估基准可靠性

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