Measuring the social, ethical, and political values of different AI models

I continue to enjoy reading my hard copy of The Economist every week. Occasionally, I post examples of insightful graphics presented in articles.Here are some graphics that struck me recently. They are taken from a fascinating article. AI models’ values are very different from most people’sThe first figure shows a comparison of the answers given to the World Values Survey by different Large Language Models and people from different regions (cultures) of the world. The vertical axis goes from traditional values at the bottom to secular values at the top. The horizontal axis goes from survival (or communal) values on the left to self-expression on the right.Note how the different cultures do not overlap. Furthermore, the LLMs are distant from almost everyone. Just a few are close to the English speaking world. The second graph compares answers to the VOTER survey of political questions. The horizontal and vertical axes correspond to Social and Economic issues respectively. Positive and…