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LLMs produce racist output when prompted in African American English (www.nature.com)
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[–] Barx@hexbear.net -3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Would you like the opportunity to explain why African American English is "shit" and comparable to racism?

[–] furzegulo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i meant shit as in racist internet writings, which the llms are taught with

[–] Barx@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Ohh sorry. Like the model was trained on bad inputs

[–] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

homie-what-set-you-from <- the input

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago

No, the 'shit' is the prejudice in the training data that claims negative stereotypes about people who speak in African American English.

[–] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

People be downvoting things or no reason 😑