Measurement of LLM's Philosophies of Human Nature

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Hauptverfasser: Ni, Minheng, Wu, Ennan, Gong, Zidong, Yang, Zhengyuan, Li, Linjie, Lin, Chung-Ching, Lin, Kevin, Wang, Lijuan, Zuo, Wangmeng
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author Ni, Minheng
Wu, Ennan
Gong, Zidong
Yang, Zhengyuan
Li, Linjie
Lin, Chung-Ching
Lin, Kevin
Wang, Lijuan
Zuo, Wangmeng
author_facet Ni, Minheng
Wu, Ennan
Gong, Zidong
Yang, Zhengyuan
Li, Linjie
Lin, Chung-Ching
Lin, Kevin
Wang, Lijuan
Zuo, Wangmeng
contents The widespread application of artificial intelligence (AI) in various tasks, along with frequent reports of conflicts or violations involving AI, has sparked societal concerns about interactions with AI systems. Based on Wrightsman's Philosophies of Human Nature Scale (PHNS), a scale empirically validated over decades to effectively assess individuals' attitudes toward human nature, we design the standardized psychological scale specifically targeting large language models (LLM), named the Machine-based Philosophies of Human Nature Scale (M-PHNS). By evaluating LLMs' attitudes toward human nature across six dimensions, we reveal that current LLMs exhibit a systemic lack of trust in humans, and there is a significant negative correlation between the model's intelligence level and its trust in humans. Furthermore, we propose a mental loop learning framework, which enables LLM to continuously optimize its value system during virtual interactions by constructing moral scenarios, thereby improving its attitude toward human nature. Experiments demonstrate that mental loop learning significantly enhances their trust in humans compared to persona or instruction prompts. This finding highlights the potential of human-based psychological assessments for LLM, which can not only diagnose cognitive biases but also provide a potential solution for ethical learning in artificial intelligence. We release the M-PHNS evaluation code and data at https://github.com/kodenii/M-PHNS.
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spellingShingle Measurement of LLM's Philosophies of Human Nature
Ni, Minheng
Wu, Ennan
Gong, Zidong
Yang, Zhengyuan
Li, Linjie
Lin, Chung-Ching
Lin, Kevin
Wang, Lijuan
Zuo, Wangmeng
Computation and Language
The widespread application of artificial intelligence (AI) in various tasks, along with frequent reports of conflicts or violations involving AI, has sparked societal concerns about interactions with AI systems. Based on Wrightsman's Philosophies of Human Nature Scale (PHNS), a scale empirically validated over decades to effectively assess individuals' attitudes toward human nature, we design the standardized psychological scale specifically targeting large language models (LLM), named the Machine-based Philosophies of Human Nature Scale (M-PHNS). By evaluating LLMs' attitudes toward human nature across six dimensions, we reveal that current LLMs exhibit a systemic lack of trust in humans, and there is a significant negative correlation between the model's intelligence level and its trust in humans. Furthermore, we propose a mental loop learning framework, which enables LLM to continuously optimize its value system during virtual interactions by constructing moral scenarios, thereby improving its attitude toward human nature. Experiments demonstrate that mental loop learning significantly enhances their trust in humans compared to persona or instruction prompts. This finding highlights the potential of human-based psychological assessments for LLM, which can not only diagnose cognitive biases but also provide a potential solution for ethical learning in artificial intelligence. We release the M-PHNS evaluation code and data at https://github.com/kodenii/M-PHNS.
title Measurement of LLM's Philosophies of Human Nature
topic Computation and Language
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.02304