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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2023

Implicit Perception of Differences between NLP-Produced and Human-Produced Language in the Mentalizing Network.

Zhengde Wei, Ying Chen, Qian Zhao, Pengyu Zhang, Longxi Zhou, Jiecheng Ren, Yi Piao, Bensheng Qiu, Xing Xie, Suiping Wang and 4 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Zhengde WeiDepartment of Psychology, School of Humanities & Social Science, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China.
Ying ChenDepartment of Psychology, School of Humanities & Social Science, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China.
Qian ZhaoDepartment of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, School of Life Science, Division of Life Science and Medicine, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China.
Pengyu ZhangDepartment of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, School of Life Science, Division of Life Science and Medicine, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China.
Longxi ZhouComputational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 4700, Saudi Arabia.
Jiecheng RenDepartment of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, School of Life Science, Division of Life Science and Medicine, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China.
Yi PiaoDepartment of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, School of Life Science, Division of Life Science and Medicine, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China.
Bensheng QiuCenters for Biomedical Engineering, School of Information Science and Technology, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230027, China.
Xing XieMicrosoft Research Asia, Beijing, 100080, China.
Suiping WangPhilosophy and Social Science Laboratory of Reading and Development in Children and Adolescents (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, 510631, China.
Jia LiuState Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
Daren ZhangDepartment of Psychology, School of Humanities & Social Science, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China.
Roi Cohen KadoshFaculty of Health & Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, 30AD04 Elizabeth Fry Building, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK.
Xiaochu ZhangDepartment of Psychology, School of Humanities & Social Science, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7541-0130

Funding

Anhui Provincial Key Research and Development Project 202004b11020013CAS-VPST Silk Road Science Fund 2021 GLHZ202128Chinese National Programs for Brain Science and Brain-like Intelligence Technology 2021ZD0202101Collaborative Innovation Program of Hefei Science Center, CAS 2020HSC-CIP001Major Project of Philosophy and Social Science Research, Ministry of Education of China 19JZD010National Natural Science Foundation of China 31900766National Natural Science Foundation of China 32100886National Natural Science Foundation of China 32161143022National Natural Science Foundation of China 32171080National Natural Science Foundation of China 32200914National Natural Science Foundation of China 71942003
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Abstract

Natural language processing (NLP) is central to the communication with machines and among ourselves, and NLP research field has long sought to produce human-quality language. Identification of informative criteria for measuring NLP-produced language quality will support development of ever-better NLP tools. The authors hypothesize that mentalizing network neural activity may be used to distinguish NLP-produced language from human-produced language, even for cases where human judges cannot subjectively distinguish the language source. Using the social chatbots Google Meena in English and Microsoft XiaoIce in Chinese to generate NLP-produced language, behavioral tests which reveal that variance of personality perceived from chatbot chats is larger than for human chats are conducted, suggesting that chatbot language usage patterns are not stable. Using an identity rating task with functional magnetic resonance imaging, neuroimaging analyses which reveal distinct patterns of brain activity in the mentalizing network including the DMPFC and rTPJ in response to chatbot versus human chats that cannot be distinguished subjectively are conducted. This study illustrates a promising empirical basis for measuring the quality of NLP-produced language: adding a judge's implicit perception as an additional criterion.

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MentalizationNatural Language ProcessingHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingPerceptionSoftwarehuman languageimplicit perceptionmentalizing networknatural language processing

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PMID36748300
PMCPMC10131862

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