The Impact of Demographic Attributes on the Ethical Judgment of Korean Large Language Models

Key Points

• This research aims to quantitatively analyze how demographic attributes affect the ethical judgment of large language models.
• Analyzed the effects of gender, age, and sexual orientation on ethical judgment performance.
• Compared results based on specific persona settings, particularly focusing on LGBTQ+ identities.
• Conducted controlled experiments to assess ethical judgment biases systematically.
• The introduction of a homosexual persona significantly reduced ethical judgment performance.
• Similar biases were observed with combined demographic attributes and sub-concepts.
• Results indicate a consistent and systematic bias linked to demographic characteristics.

Abstract