Should We Respect LLMs? A Study on Influence of Prompt Politeness on Performance
a year ago
- #Cross-Lingual
- #Politeness
- #LLMs
- Study examines the impact of politeness in prompts on LLM performance across English, Chinese, and Japanese.
- Impolite prompts often lead to poor performance, but excessive politeness does not always improve results.
- Optimal politeness levels vary by language, indicating LLMs reflect human cultural norms and linguistic influences.
- Findings emphasize the importance of considering politeness in cross-cultural NLP and LLM applications.