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pith:2026:6CWT6K3QKRZA7DN5XXOXYGHCBN

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RLHF May Not Reflect Genuine Preferences

Bijean Ghafouri, Emilio Ferrara, Eun Cheol Choi, Priyanka Dey

Measuring human preferences in RLHF is a social science problem because responses often reflect non-attitudes and constructed preferences rather than genuine opinions.

arxiv:2604.03238 v2 · 2026-01-31 · cs.HC

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C1strongest claim

We argue that measuring human preferences in RLHF is a social science problem. We present a taxonomy distinguishing genuine preferences from non-attitudes, constructed preferences, and measurement artifacts, along with diagnostic approaches for detecting each.

C2weakest assumption

That the documented phenomena of non-attitudes and constructed preferences from general behavioral science literature transfer directly and pervasively to the specific task of RLHF annotation without needing domain-specific validation studies.

C3one line summary

RLHF preference measurement is a social science validity problem because annotators routinely produce non-attitudes, constructed responses, and artifacts rather than stable values.

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First computed	2026-06-02T01:03:46.565674Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
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f0ad3f2b7054720f8dbdbddd7c18e20b444390f70bce50612bec69aefa1999ae

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arxiv: 2604.03238 · arxiv_version: 2604.03238v2 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2604.03238 · pith_short_12: 6CWT6K3QKRZA · pith_short_16: 6CWT6K3QKRZA7DN5 · pith_short_8: 6CWT6K3Q

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