Why German LLMs Might Just Be More Woke Than English Ones

Ok wait because this is actually insane. Language models are getting tested for pronoun skills, and it turns out, German models might have a leg up on their English counterparts. Why? Because German is all about that grammatical gender life.

The Pronoun Challenge

So here's the tea. Researchers have been using pronouns to check if AI can cut through the noise and stick with the right references. But most of this work has been in English, a language that doesn't really do hardcore gender agreement. Enter the big studious push in Germany, where they cooked up something called GRUFF, a massive dataset to test these models.

No cap, GRUFF is covering four different gender agreement systems in nouns. Plus, it includes four sets of pronouns. The goal? To see if these models can keep their pronouns straight amidst distractions. And spoiler alert, turns out they can, at least for masculine and feminine contexts.

Neopronouns Still a Struggle

But don't get too hyped. One area where the models are flopping is with neopronouns like 'xier' and 'en'. It's like they've hit a wall. So while these models might be serving gender agreement realness for he and she, they're still stuck in the early 2000s more modern pronouns.

Not me explaining AI research at brunch again, but the way these German models just ate when it came to avoiding distraction, totally iconic. Especially compared to their English buddies, who seem to get easily sidetracked. Why? It could be that German's gendered nature helps the models stay in line.

Stereotypes and Language Models

And here's where it gets even juicier. The research found that stereotypes about jobs and roles aren't lining up consistently across grammatical cases or models. The vibe is all over the place, unless the models have similar architectures. Which makes me wonder, are we giving these models too much credit in the stereotype-busting department?

No but seriously. Read that again. If we're gonna lean on AI to help us break down gender stereotypes, they need to be more woke than this. It's not just about slaying the grammar game. it's about being relevant to today's social realities too.

Bestie, your portfolio needs to hear this. Models that are more inclusive and can handle the nuances of gendered language, especially in German, are gonna be in demand. And let's be real, no one wants to use a model that's still living in the past.