Challenges in Guardrailing Large Language Models for Science
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| author | Pantha, Nishan Ramasubramanian, Muthukumaran Gurung, Iksha Maskey, Manil Ramachandran, Rahul |
| author_facet | Pantha, Nishan Ramasubramanian, Muthukumaran Gurung, Iksha Maskey, Manil Ramachandran, Rahul |
| contents | The rapid development in large language models (LLMs) has transformed the landscape of natural language processing and understanding (NLP/NLU), offering significant benefits across various domains. However, when applied to scientific research, these powerful models exhibit critical failure modes related to scientific integrity and trustworthiness. Existing general-purpose LLM guardrails are insufficient to address these unique challenges in the scientific domain. We provide comprehensive guidelines for deploying LLM guardrails in the scientific domain. We identify specific challenges -- including time sensitivity, knowledge contextualization, conflict resolution, and intellectual property concerns -- and propose a guideline framework for the guardrails that can align with scientific needs. These guardrail dimensions include trustworthiness, ethics & bias, safety, and legal aspects. We also outline in detail the implementation strategies that employ white-box, black-box, and gray-box methodologies that can be enforced within scientific contexts. |
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| spellingShingle | Challenges in Guardrailing Large Language Models for Science Pantha, Nishan Ramasubramanian, Muthukumaran Gurung, Iksha Maskey, Manil Ramachandran, Rahul Artificial Intelligence The rapid development in large language models (LLMs) has transformed the landscape of natural language processing and understanding (NLP/NLU), offering significant benefits across various domains. However, when applied to scientific research, these powerful models exhibit critical failure modes related to scientific integrity and trustworthiness. Existing general-purpose LLM guardrails are insufficient to address these unique challenges in the scientific domain. We provide comprehensive guidelines for deploying LLM guardrails in the scientific domain. We identify specific challenges -- including time sensitivity, knowledge contextualization, conflict resolution, and intellectual property concerns -- and propose a guideline framework for the guardrails that can align with scientific needs. These guardrail dimensions include trustworthiness, ethics & bias, safety, and legal aspects. We also outline in detail the implementation strategies that employ white-box, black-box, and gray-box methodologies that can be enforced within scientific contexts. |
| title | Challenges in Guardrailing Large Language Models for Science |
| topic | Artificial Intelligence |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.08181 |