Who's Your Judge? On the Detectability of LLM-Generated Judgments

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Main Authors: Li, Dawei, Tan, Zhen, Zhao, Chengshuai, Jiang, Bohan, Huang, Baixiang, Ma, Pingchuan, Alnaibari, Abdullah, Shu, Kai, Liu, Huan
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author Li, Dawei
Tan, Zhen
Zhao, Chengshuai
Jiang, Bohan
Huang, Baixiang
Ma, Pingchuan
Alnaibari, Abdullah
Shu, Kai
Liu, Huan
author_facet Li, Dawei
Tan, Zhen
Zhao, Chengshuai
Jiang, Bohan
Huang, Baixiang
Ma, Pingchuan
Alnaibari, Abdullah
Shu, Kai
Liu, Huan
contents Large Language Model (LLM)-based judgments leverage powerful LLMs to efficiently evaluate candidate content and provide judgment scores. However, the inherent biases and vulnerabilities of LLM-generated judgments raise concerns, underscoring the urgent need for distinguishing them in sensitive scenarios like academic peer reviewing. In this work, we propose and formalize the task of judgment detection and systematically investigate the detectability of LLM-generated judgments. Unlike LLM-generated text detection, judgment detection relies solely on judgment scores and candidates, reflecting real-world scenarios where textual feedback is often unavailable in the detection process. Our preliminary analysis shows that existing LLM-generated text detection methods perform poorly given their incapability to capture the interaction between judgment scores and candidate content -- an aspect crucial for effective judgment detection. Inspired by this, we introduce \textit{J-Detector}, a lightweight and transparent neural detector augmented with explicitly extracted linguistic and LLM-enhanced features to link LLM judges' biases with candidates' properties for accurate detection. Experiments across diverse datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of \textit{J-Detector} and show how its interpretability enables quantifying biases in LLM judges. Finally, we analyze key factors affecting the detectability of LLM-generated judgments and validate the practical utility of judgment detection in real-world scenarios.
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spellingShingle Who's Your Judge? On the Detectability of LLM-Generated Judgments
Li, Dawei
Tan, Zhen
Zhao, Chengshuai
Jiang, Bohan
Huang, Baixiang
Ma, Pingchuan
Alnaibari, Abdullah
Shu, Kai
Liu, Huan
Artificial Intelligence
Large Language Model (LLM)-based judgments leverage powerful LLMs to efficiently evaluate candidate content and provide judgment scores. However, the inherent biases and vulnerabilities of LLM-generated judgments raise concerns, underscoring the urgent need for distinguishing them in sensitive scenarios like academic peer reviewing. In this work, we propose and formalize the task of judgment detection and systematically investigate the detectability of LLM-generated judgments. Unlike LLM-generated text detection, judgment detection relies solely on judgment scores and candidates, reflecting real-world scenarios where textual feedback is often unavailable in the detection process. Our preliminary analysis shows that existing LLM-generated text detection methods perform poorly given their incapability to capture the interaction between judgment scores and candidate content -- an aspect crucial for effective judgment detection. Inspired by this, we introduce \textit{J-Detector}, a lightweight and transparent neural detector augmented with explicitly extracted linguistic and LLM-enhanced features to link LLM judges' biases with candidates' properties for accurate detection. Experiments across diverse datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of \textit{J-Detector} and show how its interpretability enables quantifying biases in LLM judges. Finally, we analyze key factors affecting the detectability of LLM-generated judgments and validate the practical utility of judgment detection in real-world scenarios.
title Who's Your Judge? On the Detectability of LLM-Generated Judgments
topic Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25154