一作ACL 2026Findings· Findings of ACL
When Debiasing Backfires: Counterintuitive Side Effects of Preprocessing-Based Stereotype Mitigation
Yahan Zheng · John J. Guerrerio · Soroush Vosoughi · Weicheng Ma
摘要
Preprocessing-based methods for stereotype mitigation, such as pre-/post-training on debiased corpora, are widely used in NLP. While these approaches reduce measurable stereotypes for targeted groups, we find they often induce unintended shifts: stereotyping or counter-stereotyping can increase f...