Why Bias in LLMs is Unavoidable
Originally Published on my Substack
Bias has something profound to teach us about the human condition, which relates to attention.
We all have a limited amount of attention and give our attention to the things we value.
But how do we know what objects to give our attention to?
How does the evaluation happen?
It happens a priori.
We don’t have enough time to scan the environment and evaluate every single object.
Instead, we simply filter the world for what we value.
As a result, we are more familiar with and prefer what we value. These preferences can make us blind to other information and miscalculate its importance and value, which leads to bias.
So, bias first happens a priori; it happens before we give our attention to an object, person, experience, or event.
Now, armed with this knowledge, see if you can count how many times the players in white pass the ball in the video below.
