LLM Targeted Underperformance Disproportionately Impacts Vulnerable Users

최신 연구에서 최첨단 LLM들이 영어 능력, 교육 수준, 출신 국가 등 사용자 특성에 따라 정보 정확성, 진실성, 응답 거부율에서 편차가 발생함을 밝혔다. 특히 영어 능력이 낮고 교육 수준이 낮으며 미국 외 지역 출신인 취약 사용자에게서 모델의 성능 저하가 더 심각하게 나타나, 이들 사용자에게 신뢰할 수 없는 정보원이 될 위험이 크다. 이는 LLM 개발과 배포 시 다양한 사용자 집단에 대한 공정성과 신뢰성 확보가 중요함을 시사한다.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.17737

#llm #bias #fairness #truthfulness #userexperience

LLM Targeted Underperformance Disproportionately Impacts Vulnerable Users

While state-of-the-art large language models (LLMs) have shown impressive performance on many tasks, there has been extensive research on undesirable model behavior such as hallucinations and bias. In this work, we investigate how the quality of LLM responses changes in terms of information accuracy, truthfulness, and refusals depending on three user traits: English proficiency, education level, and country of origin. We present extensive experimentation on three state-of-the-art LLMs and two different datasets targeting truthfulness and factuality. Our findings suggest that undesirable behaviors in state-of-the-art LLMs occur disproportionately more for users with lower English proficiency, of lower education status, and originating from outside the US, rendering these models unreliable sources of information towards their most vulnerable users.

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Also from the Open Slopware organisation:

"… nothing good can come of it if/when Graham and his reddit buddies find out they're blocked. …"

– that's a baseless, mean-minded, tawdry accusation.

Re: the screenshot here, the first of my three 'friends' is a test account that I created. Not truly a friend.

The second is a highly-upvoted contributor who had difficulty with his Reddit account. I spent many hours helping him, and silently working around some of the difficulties. Probably not a mutual friendship; I have no idea whether, or how, other people make use of the feature.

The third is u/TheSunflowerSeeds <https://www.reddit.com/user/TheSunflowerSeeds/> – an automated account, an app. A single upvote from me. I vaguely remember responding to a single comment a year or so ago. Until today I wasn't aware that it's non-human. I don't remember adding the account, I was probably testing something.

Those three aside: some writers gain more votes than others. It's as simple as that, and the colouring by Reddit Enhancement Suite (RES) <https://redditenhancementsuite.com/> helps me to see, privately, when a disagreeable comment is written by someone who I frequently upvote.

The Open Slopware implication that I'm a rabble-rouser is just ugly. Is there a better word than "ugly"? Yes: sloppy.

Slop.

Human slop.

#human #slop #truthfulness #openness #Reddit #friendship #AI

The false claims―that I followed someone to the Fediverse―seem to be malicious. I can neither trust, nor respect, individuals or organisations that adopt tactics such as this in response to public dissent.

The screenshot here shows that I did not follow. I wrote first on Sunday 29th March, in response to what appeared to be the first response to the opening post.

@emaste @evilham @ltning @mwl

#trust #respect #misinformation #openness #truthfulness

A quotation from Montaigne

A man must not always tell all, for that were folly: but what a man says should be what he thinks, otherwise ’tis knavery.
 
[Il ne faut pas tousjours dire tout, car ce seroit sottise : Mais ce qu’on dit, il faut qu’il soit tel qu’on le pense : autrement, c’est meschanceté.]

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
Essays, Book 2, ch. 17 (2.17), “Of Presumption [De la Presomption]” (1578) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

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Montaigne, Michel de - Essays, Book 2, ch. 17 (2.17), "Of Presumption [De la Presomption]" (1578) [tr. Cotton/Hazlitt (1877)] | WIST Quotations

A man must not always tell all, for that were folly: but what a man says should be what he thinks, otherwise ’tis knavery. [Il ne faut pas tousjours dire tout, car ce seroit sottise : Mais ce qu’on dit, il faut qu’il soit tel qu’on le pense : autrement,…

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brother lawrence…and a key to gaining inner peace

n the beginning of my quest for gaining peace, this Catholic individual gave the first insight into the solution for that journey. But there is more to the story...(Republished from September, 2023.)

https://thedignityofman.net/2026/03/30/brother-lawrence/

AI and the rise of neo-paganism…what will be the ultimate outcome?

Many fear the rise of Artificial Intelligence. There is much to fear, but is it really the program we should be afraid of? Or something within ourselves as human beings? Find out how you can see this in a different light and what you can do to change your perspective...

https://thedignityofman.net/2026/03/16/ai-and-the-rise-of-neo-paganismwhat-will-be-the-ultimate-outcome/

The Breaking Veil of Illusion

Truthfulness means seeing beyond deception. This artwork symbolizes the moment the mind breaks free from attachment and false perception to reveal the pure, unblemished reality underneath.

#Zhen #Truthfulness #ShatteringIllusion #FalunDafaArt #SpiritualAwakening #Clarity #DigitalArt

prioritize your thoughts, simplify your life…

You've followed the influencers on simplifying your life. You've adopted a minimalist lifestyle, but all of it falls flat. Have you been looking at it the wrong way?

https://thedignityofman.net/2025/10/06/priotize-your-thoughts-simplify-your-life/

fly51fly (@fly51fly)

2026년 UC Berkeley 연구진(T A Qiu, M Carroll, C Allen)의 arXiv 논문 'Truthfulness Despite Weak Supervision'은 약한 감독 환경에서 동료 예측(peer prediction)을 활용해 대형언어모델(LLM)의 진실성(truthfulness)을 평가하고 훈련하는 방법을 제안·검증합니다. 약한 라벨링 상황에서도 진실성 개선을 노린 평가·학습 프레임워크 연구입니다.

https://x.com/fly51fly/status/2016990237097144576

#truthfulness #weaksupervision #llm #peerprediction #research

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[LG] Truthfulness Despite Weak Supervision: Evaluating and Training LLMs Using Peer Prediction T A Qiu, M Carroll, C Allen [UC Berkeley] (2026) https://t.co/RDtiO2w44J

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A quotation from George Orwell

I know it is the fashion to say that most of recorded history is lies anyway. I am willing to believe that history is for the most part inaccurate and biased, but what is peculiar to our own age is the abandonment of the idea that history could be truthfully written.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1942-08), “Looking Back on the Spanish War, ch. 4, Such, Such Were the Joys, essay 8 (1953)

More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/80603/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #georgeorwell #orwell #bias #historiography #history #inaccuracy #lies #lying #truth #truthfulness #truthiness

Essay (1942-08), "Looking Back on the Spanish War, ch. 4, Such, Such Were the Joys, essay 8 (1953) - Orwell, George | WIST Quotations

I know it is the fashion to say that most of recorded history is lies anyway. I am willing to believe that history is for the most part inaccurate and biased, but what is peculiar to our own age is the abandonment of the idea that history could be truthfully…

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