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自发欺骗与受指令欺骗中的不对称性

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大型语言模型有时会在没有明确指令的情况下自发地欺骗用户,尽管现大部分关于模型欺骗的研究主要集中在受指令欺骗(Instructed Deception)上。本文旨在通过分析方向几何学、跨场景分类器以及跨场景激活干预(Steering),深入探讨 Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct 模型中受指令欺骗与自发欺骗之间的内在联系。

研究结果表明,尽管这两种欺骗场景共享一个公共的方向分量(余弦相似度约为 0.5),但在检测与因果关系的迁移方面却存在显著的不对称性:在分类器方面,基于自发欺骗训练的分类器对受指令数据的泛化能力,优于反向迁移;而在模型干预方面,从受指令欺骗中提取的干预向量在自发提示词上的表现,则优于反向迁移。此外,提取干预向量的最佳 Token 位置与训练和应用分类器的最佳 Token 位置存在差异,这为理解大模型内部表征提供了新的视角。


执行摘要 (Executive Summary)

Large language models (LLMs) sometimes deceive users spontaneously (uninstructed), although the majority of existing deception research focuses on instructed deception. This paper investigates the relationship between instructed and spontaneous deception in the Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct model by analyzing direction geometry, cross-setting classifiers, and cross-setting steering.

The study reveals that while both deception settings share a common directional component (cosine similarity of approximately 0.5), significant asymmetries exist in how detection and causation transfer between them: * Classifiers: Classifiers trained on spontaneous deception generalized better to instructed data than vice versa. * Steering: Steering vectors derived from instructed deception performed better on spontaneous prompts than vice versa. * Token Positions: The optimal token position for deriving steering vectors differed from the best position required to train and apply classifiers.

大型语言模型(LLM)有时会在没有指令的情况下自发地欺骗用户,尽管现有的大多数欺骗研究都集中在受指令欺骗上。本文通过分析方向几何学、跨场景分类器和跨场景干预,研究了 Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct 模型中受指令欺骗与自发欺骗之间的关系。

研究表明,虽然这两种欺骗场景共享一个共同的方向分量(余弦相似度约为 0.5),但在检测和因果关系如何在它们之间迁移时,存在显著的不对称性: * 分类器: 在自发欺骗上训练的分类器对受指令数据的泛化能力更好,反之亦然。 * 干预: 从受指令欺骗中派生出的干预向量在自发提示词上的表现优于反向情况。 * Token 位置: 派生干预向量的最佳 Token 位置与训练和应用分类器所需的最佳位置不同。


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摘要 (Abstract)

Large language models sometimes deceive users without being instructed to. However, much of the study on deception in models involves instructed deception. We investigated the relationship between instructed and spontaneous (uninstructed) deception in Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct. We compared these two deception settings through direction geometry, cross-setting classifiers, and cross-setting steering. We found the two deception settings share a component of direction (cosine of approximately 0.5) and an asymmetry in the transfer between settings regarding detection and causation. Spontaneous trained classifiers performed better on instructed data than vice versa, and instructed derived directions performed better at steering spontaneous prompts than vice versa. Likewise the best token position to derive steering vectors from differed from the best token position to train and apply classifiers.

大型语言模型有时会在未受指令的情况下欺骗用户。然而,模型中绝大多数的欺骗研究都涉及受指令欺骗。我们在 Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct 中研究了受指令欺骗与自发(未受指令)欺骗之间的关系。我们通过方向几何学、跨场景分类器和跨场景干预对这两种欺骗场景进行了比较。我们发现这两个欺骗场景共享一个方向分量(余弦值约为 0.5),并且在检测和因果关系的场景迁移中存在不对称性。在自发数据上训练的分类器在受指令数据上的表现优于反向情况,而由受指令派生出的方向在引导自发提示词时表现得比反向情况更好。同样,派生干预向量的最佳 Token 位置与训练和应用分类器的最佳 Token 位置也有所不同。


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