The field of large language models (LLMs) is rapidly evolving, with a focus on improving their reliability, interpretability, and alignment with human values. Recent research has explored the use of LLMs in various applications, including code explanation, mathematical discovery, and healthcare. However, these models also pose risks, such as reinforcing biases and compromising downstream deployment decisions. To address these challenges, researchers are developing new frameworks and techniques, such as SparseAlign, to assess and improve the alignment of LLMs with human judgment. Other notable developments include the discovery of a unified representation underlying the judgment of LLMs, the emergence of self-awareness in advanced models, and the potential for mirror-neuron patterns to contribute to intrinsic alignment in AI. Noteworthy papers in this area include 'A Unified Representation Underlying the Judgment of Large Language Models', which introduces the concept of the Valence-Assent Axis, and 'LLMs Position Themselves as More Rational Than Humans', which presents a game-theoretic framework for measuring self-awareness in LLMs.
Advances in Large Language Models
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Vintage Code, Modern Judges: Meta-Validation in Low Data Regimes
An In-depth Study of LLM Contributions to the Bin Packing Problem
A Unified Representation Underlying the Judgment of Large Language Models
Can SAEs reveal and mitigate racial biases of LLMs in healthcare?
Understanding, Demystifying and Challenging Perceptions of Gig Worker Vulnerabilities
LLMs Position Themselves as More Rational Than Humans: Emergence of AI Self-Awareness Measured Through Game Theory
Automatic Minds: Cognitive Parallels Between Hypnotic States and Large Language Model Processing
Mirror-Neuron Patterns in AI Alignment
When Assurance Undermines Intelligence: The Efficiency Costs of Data Governance in AI-Enabled Labor Markets
Shared Parameter Subspaces and Cross-Task Linearity in Emergently Misaligned Behavior
Deep Value Benchmark: Measuring Whether Models Generalize Deep values or Shallow Preferences
OpenCourier: an Open Protocol for Building a Decentralized Ecosystem of Community-owned Delivery Platforms
The Realignment Problem: When Right becomes Wrong in LLMs
Interpreting Multi-Attribute Confounding through Numerical Attributes in Large Language Models
The truth is no diaper: Human and AI-generated associations to emotional words
Are We Aligned? A Preliminary Investigation of the Alignment of Responsible AI Values between LLMs and Human Judgment
Perceptions of AI Bad Behavior: Variations on Discordant Non-Performance
Large language models replicate and predict human cooperation across experiments in game theory