A semantic embedding space based on large language models for modelling human beliefs

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Auteurs principaux: Lee, Byunghwee, Aiyappa, Rachith, Ahn, Yong-Yeol, Kwak, Haewoon, An, Jisun
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author Lee, Byunghwee
Aiyappa, Rachith
Ahn, Yong-Yeol
Kwak, Haewoon
An, Jisun
author_facet Lee, Byunghwee
Aiyappa, Rachith
Ahn, Yong-Yeol
Kwak, Haewoon
An, Jisun
contents Beliefs form the foundation of human cognition and decision-making, guiding our actions and social connections. A model encapsulating beliefs and their interrelationships is crucial for understanding their influence on our actions. However, research on belief interplay has often been limited to beliefs related to specific issues and relied heavily on surveys. We propose a method to study the nuanced interplay between thousands of beliefs by leveraging an online user debate data and mapping beliefs onto a neural embedding space constructed using a fine-tuned large language model (LLM). This belief space captures the interconnectedness and polarization of diverse beliefs across social issues. Our findings show that positions within this belief space predict new beliefs of individuals and estimate cognitive dissonance based on the distance between existing and new beliefs. This study demonstrates how LLMs, combined with collective online records of human beliefs, can offer insights into the fundamental principles that govern human belief formation.
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spellingShingle A semantic embedding space based on large language models for modelling human beliefs
Lee, Byunghwee
Aiyappa, Rachith
Ahn, Yong-Yeol
Kwak, Haewoon
An, Jisun
Computation and Language
Computers and Society
Physics and Society
Beliefs form the foundation of human cognition and decision-making, guiding our actions and social connections. A model encapsulating beliefs and their interrelationships is crucial for understanding their influence on our actions. However, research on belief interplay has often been limited to beliefs related to specific issues and relied heavily on surveys. We propose a method to study the nuanced interplay between thousands of beliefs by leveraging an online user debate data and mapping beliefs onto a neural embedding space constructed using a fine-tuned large language model (LLM). This belief space captures the interconnectedness and polarization of diverse beliefs across social issues. Our findings show that positions within this belief space predict new beliefs of individuals and estimate cognitive dissonance based on the distance between existing and new beliefs. This study demonstrates how LLMs, combined with collective online records of human beliefs, can offer insights into the fundamental principles that govern human belief formation.
title A semantic embedding space based on large language models for modelling human beliefs
topic Computation and Language
Computers and Society
Physics and Society
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.07237