TY - GEN
T1 - Bias in the Mirror
T2 - 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, ACL 2025
AU - Rennard, Virgile
AU - Xypolopoulos, Christos
AU - Vazirgiannis, Michalis
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 Association for Computational Linguistics.
PY - 2025/1/1
Y1 - 2025/1/1
N2 - Large language models (LLMs) inherit biases from their training data and alignment processes, influencing their responses in subtle ways. While many studies have examined these biases, little work has explored their robustness during interactions. In this paper, we introduce a novel approach where two instances of an LLM engage in self-debate, arguing opposing viewpoints to persuade a neutral version of the model. Through this, we evaluate how firmly biases hold and whether models are susceptible to reinforcing misinformation or shifting to harmful viewpoints. Our experiments span multiple LLMs of varying sizes, origins, and languages, providing deeper insights into bias persistence and flexibility across linguistic and cultural contexts.
AB - Large language models (LLMs) inherit biases from their training data and alignment processes, influencing their responses in subtle ways. While many studies have examined these biases, little work has explored their robustness during interactions. In this paper, we introduce a novel approach where two instances of an LLM engage in self-debate, arguing opposing viewpoints to persuade a neutral version of the model. Through this, we evaluate how firmly biases hold and whether models are susceptible to reinforcing misinformation or shifting to harmful viewpoints. Our experiments span multiple LLMs of varying sizes, origins, and languages, providing deeper insights into bias persistence and flexibility across linguistic and cultural contexts.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105021059766
U2 - 10.18653/v1/2025.acl-long.106
DO - 10.18653/v1/2025.acl-long.106
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105021059766
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics
SP - 2128
EP - 2143
BT - Long Papers
A2 - Che, Wanxiang
A2 - Nabende, Joyce
A2 - Shutova, Ekaterina
A2 - Pilehvar, Mohammad Taher
PB - Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)
Y2 - 27 July 2025 through 1 August 2025
ER -