Tag: wrongful
The Download: political AI models, and a wrongful arrest
How they did it: The team asked language models where they stand on various topics, such as feminism and democracy. They used the answers to plot them on a political compass, then tested whether retraining models on even more politically biased training data changed their behavior and ability to detect hate speech and misinformation (it did).
Why it matters: As AI language models are rolled out into products and services used by millions, understanding their underlying political assumptions could not