Towards Effective Discrimination Testing for Generative AI

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Hauptverfasser: Zollo, Thomas P., Rajaneesh, Nikita, Zemel, Richard, Gillis, Talia B., Black, Emily
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author Zollo, Thomas P.
Rajaneesh, Nikita
Zemel, Richard
Gillis, Talia B.
Black, Emily
author_facet Zollo, Thomas P.
Rajaneesh, Nikita
Zemel, Richard
Gillis, Talia B.
Black, Emily
contents Generative AI (GenAI) models present new challenges in regulating against discriminatory behavior. In this paper, we argue that GenAI fairness research still has not met these challenges; instead, a significant gap remains between existing bias assessment methods and regulatory goals. This leads to ineffective regulation that can allow deployment of reportedly fair, yet actually discriminatory, GenAI systems. Towards remedying this problem, we connect the legal and technical literature around GenAI bias evaluation and identify areas of misalignment. Through four case studies, we demonstrate how this misalignment between fairness testing techniques and regulatory goals can result in discriminatory outcomes in real-world deployments, especially in adaptive or complex environments. We offer practical recommendations for improving discrimination testing to better align with regulatory goals and enhance the reliability of fairness assessments in future deployments.
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spellingShingle Towards Effective Discrimination Testing for Generative AI
Zollo, Thomas P.
Rajaneesh, Nikita
Zemel, Richard
Gillis, Talia B.
Black, Emily
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Computers and Society
Generative AI (GenAI) models present new challenges in regulating against discriminatory behavior. In this paper, we argue that GenAI fairness research still has not met these challenges; instead, a significant gap remains between existing bias assessment methods and regulatory goals. This leads to ineffective regulation that can allow deployment of reportedly fair, yet actually discriminatory, GenAI systems. Towards remedying this problem, we connect the legal and technical literature around GenAI bias evaluation and identify areas of misalignment. Through four case studies, we demonstrate how this misalignment between fairness testing techniques and regulatory goals can result in discriminatory outcomes in real-world deployments, especially in adaptive or complex environments. We offer practical recommendations for improving discrimination testing to better align with regulatory goals and enhance the reliability of fairness assessments in future deployments.
title Towards Effective Discrimination Testing for Generative AI
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Computers and Society
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.21052