This paper comprehensively explores the ethical challenges arising from security threats to Language Learning Models (LLMs). These intricate digital repositories are increasingly integrated into our daily lives, making them prime targets for attacks that can compromise their training data and the confidentiality of their data sources. The paper delves into the nuanced ethical repercussions of such security threats on society and individual privacy. We scrutinize five major threats: prompt injection, jailbreaking, Personal Identifiable Information (PII) exposure, sexually explicit content, and hate based content, going beyond mere identification to assess their critical ethical consequences and the urgency they create for robust defensive strategies. The escalating reliance on LLMs underscores the crucial need for ensuring these systems operate within the bounds of ethical norms, particularly as their misuse can lead to significant societal and individual harm. We propose conceptualizing and developing an evaluative tool tailored for LLMs, which would serve a dual purpose, guiding developers and designers in preemptive fortification of backend systems and scrutinizing the ethical dimensions of LLM chatbot responses during the testing phase. By comparing LLM responses with those expected from humans in a moral context, we aim to discern the degree to which AI behaviors align with the ethical values held by a broader society. Ultimately, this paper not only underscores the ethical troubles presented by LLMs, it also highlights a path toward cultivating trust in these systems.
翻译:本文全面探讨了由大型语言模型(LLMs)安全威胁引发的伦理挑战。这些复杂的数字存储库日益融入我们的日常生活,使其成为攻击的主要目标,这些攻击可能危及它们的训练数据及其数据源的机密性。论文深入探讨了此类安全威胁对社会和个人隐私的微妙伦理影响。我们仔细审视了五大威胁:提示注入、越狱、个人身份信息(PII)泄露、色情内容以及仇恨内容,不仅停留在识别层面,还评估了它们的关键伦理后果以及由此产生的对稳健防御策略的紧迫需求。对LLMs日益增长的依赖凸显了确保这些系统在伦理规范范围内运行的至关重要性,尤其是在其滥用可能导致重大社会和个人伤害的情况下。我们提出概念化并开发一种专为LLMs定制的评估工具,该工具将具有双重目的:指导开发者和设计者对后端系统进行预防性加固,并在测试阶段审视LLM聊天机器人响应的伦理维度。通过将LLM的响应与在道德情境下预期的人类响应进行比较,我们旨在辨别人工智能行为与更广泛社会所持有的伦理价值观的一致程度。最终,本文不仅强调了LLMs带来的伦理问题,还指明了培养对这些系统信任的路径。