Small open-weight LLMs endorse prohibited actions 24% of the time under affirmative framing but 77-100% under negated framings, a polarity swing that threatens high-stakes AI deployment.
Müller, and Luciano Floridi
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Framing Instability in LLM Ethical Stance: Auditing Negation Sensitivity in Moral Dilemmas
Small open-weight LLMs endorse prohibited actions 24% of the time under affirmative framing but 77-100% under negated framings, a polarity swing that threatens high-stakes AI deployment.