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Investigating and Mitigating Multi-Lingual Bias in Large Code Models for Code Generation

Q: What are the potential reasons behind the multi-lingual bias observed in large code models, and how can future research further investigate the underlying causes?

The multi-lingual bias observed in large code models can be attributed to several factors. One primary reason is the training data used to train these models, which often consists predominantly of English text. This imbalance in training data can lead to a bias towards English instructions and programming languages, resulting in decreased performance when processing instructions in other languages. Additionally, the architecture and design of the models may also contribute to the bias, as they may not be optimized for multi-lingual tasks. Future research can further investigate the underlying causes of multi-lingual bias by delving into the following areas: Data Augmentation: Introducing more diverse and balanced training data that includes a wide range of natural languages and programming languages can help mitigate bias. Model Architecture: Exploring model architectures that are specifically designed for multi-lingual tasks, such as incorporating multi-lingual pre-training objectives or fine-tuning strategies. Evaluation Metrics: Developing new evaluation metrics that specifically assess multi-lingual performance and bias in large code models. Interpretability Analysis: Conducting interpretability analysis to understand how large code models process and generate code from instructions in different languages. By investigating these areas, researchers can gain a deeper understanding of the root causes of multi-lingual bias in large code models and develop strategies to address and mitigate this bias effectively.

Q: How can the findings from this study be applied to improve the multi-lingual capabilities of other types of language models beyond code generation?

The findings from this study can be applied to enhance the multi-lingual capabilities of other types of language models beyond code generation by implementing the following strategies: Data Diversity: Incorporating diverse training data that includes multiple natural languages and domains to improve the model's understanding and generation capabilities across different languages. Fine-Tuning Techniques: Utilizing instruction tuning methods to adapt language models to specific languages and tasks, enhancing their performance in multi-lingual scenarios. Prompting Strategies: Implementing effective prompting strategies, such as one-step and multi-step translation, to mitigate multi-lingual bias and improve model performance. Model Evaluation: Developing robust evaluation metrics that assess multi-lingual performance and bias in language models to track improvements and identify areas for enhancement. Transfer Learning: Leveraging transfer learning techniques to transfer knowledge and capabilities gained from code generation tasks to other language understanding and generation tasks. By applying these strategies based on the findings of this study, researchers can enhance the multi-lingual capabilities of various language models, enabling them to effectively process and generate content in multiple languages and domains.

Q: What other techniques, beyond prompting and instruction tuning, could be explored to mitigate the multi-lingual bias in large code models?

In addition to prompting and instruction tuning, several other techniques can be explored to mitigate multi-lingual bias in large code models: Multi-Lingual Pre-Training: Pre-training models on a diverse range of languages and tasks to improve their multi-lingual understanding and generation capabilities. Adversarial Training: Incorporating adversarial training techniques to encourage models to generate language-agnostic representations, reducing bias towards specific languages. Zero-Shot Learning: Implementing zero-shot learning approaches to enable models to generalize to unseen languages and tasks without explicit training data. Domain Adaptation: Adapting models to specific language domains by fine-tuning on domain-specific data to improve performance in multi-lingual scenarios. Ensemble Learning: Utilizing ensemble learning methods to combine predictions from multiple models trained on different languages, enhancing overall multi-lingual performance. By exploring these techniques in conjunction with prompting and instruction tuning, researchers can effectively mitigate multi-lingual bias in large code models and improve their capabilities in processing and generating content across diverse languages and domains.

Concetti Chiave

Current large code models exhibit pronounced bias in both multi-natural language understanding and multi-programming language generation, which can be mitigated through effective prompting strategies and instruction tuning.

Sintesi

The paper investigates the multi-lingual bias that exists in current large code models (LCMs) for the task of code generation. The authors first construct a multi-lingual benchmark, X-HumanEval-X, to systematically evaluate the extent of multi-lingual bias in nine popular LCMs.

The experiments reveal two key findings regarding the multi-lingual bias in LCMs:

Multi-natural language (multi-NL) bias: When provided with instructions in Chinese, the average Pass@1 rate of LCMs decreases by at least 13% compared to English instructions.
Multi-programming language (multi-PL) bias: The performance of LCMs varies significantly across different programming languages, with the gap between Python and C++ reaching as high as 20.9%.

To mitigate the observed biases, the authors explore two approaches:

Prompting strategies: Translating Chinese instructions into English using one-step or multi-step translation can reduce the multi-NL bias from 17.2% to as low as 3.8%. However, self-translation by the LCMs themselves leads to a drastic 62.3% decrease in performance.
Instruction tuning: The authors construct a multi-lingual dataset, Multi-EvolInstruct-Code (MEIC), containing instructions and solutions in two natural languages (English and Chinese) and over 20 programming languages. Instruction tuning with MEIC substantially reduces the multi-NL bias by up to 84% and the multi-PL bias by up to 40%, while also enhancing the overall code generation performance by 31%-46%.

The findings provide valuable insights for researchers and developers aiming to mitigate the multi-lingual bias and improve the code generation capabilities of large code models.

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Statistiche

When using Chinese instructions, the code generation capabilities of LCMs decrease by at least 13% in terms of the Pass@1 metric.
The performance gap between Python and C++ reaches as high as 20.9%.
One-step and multi-step translation can reduce the multi-NL bias from 17.2% to as low as 3.8%.
Instruction tuning with the MEIC dataset decreases the multi-NL bias by up to 84% and the multi-PL bias by up to 40%.
Instruction tuning with MEIC increases the overall code generation performance by 31%-46%.

Citazioni

"When instructions are presented in Chinese, the average Pass@1 rate for the LCMs under study drops by 17.2% and 14.3% for the base and instruction-tuned model versions in Python, respectively."
"The performance gap between Python and C++ reaches as high as 20.9%."
"One-step and multi-step translation can reduce the multi-NL bias from 17.2% to as low as 3.8%."
"Instruction tuning with the MEIC dataset decreases the multi-NL bias by up to 84% and the multi-PL bias by up to 40%."
"Instruction tuning with MEIC increases the overall code generation performance by 31%-46%."

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Exploring Multi-Lingual Bias of Large Code Models in Code Generation

by Chaozheng Wa... alle arxiv.org 05-01-2024

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.19368.pdf

Exploring Multi-Lingual Bias of Large Code Models in Code Generation

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What are the potential reasons behind the multi-lingual bias observed in large code models, and how can future research further investigate the underlying causes?

The multi-lingual bias observed in large code models can be attributed to several factors. One primary reason is the training data used to train these models, which often consists predominantly of English text. This imbalance in training data can lead to a bias towards English instructions and programming languages, resulting in decreased performance when processing instructions in other languages. Additionally, the architecture and design of the models may also contribute to the bias, as they may not be optimized for multi-lingual tasks.
Future research can further investigate the underlying causes of multi-lingual bias by delving into the following areas:

Data Augmentation: Introducing more diverse and balanced training data that includes a wide range of natural languages and programming languages can help mitigate bias.
Model Architecture: Exploring model architectures that are specifically designed for multi-lingual tasks, such as incorporating multi-lingual pre-training objectives or fine-tuning strategies.
Evaluation Metrics: Developing new evaluation metrics that specifically assess multi-lingual performance and bias in large code models.
Interpretability Analysis: Conducting interpretability analysis to understand how large code models process and generate code from instructions in different languages.

By investigating these areas, researchers can gain a deeper understanding of the root causes of multi-lingual bias in large code models and develop strategies to address and mitigate this bias effectively.

How can the findings from this study be applied to improve the multi-lingual capabilities of other types of language models beyond code generation?

The findings from this study can be applied to enhance the multi-lingual capabilities of other types of language models beyond code generation by implementing the following strategies:

Data Diversity: Incorporating diverse training data that includes multiple natural languages and domains to improve the model's understanding and generation capabilities across different languages.
Fine-Tuning Techniques: Utilizing instruction tuning methods to adapt language models to specific languages and tasks, enhancing their performance in multi-lingual scenarios.
Prompting Strategies: Implementing effective prompting strategies, such as one-step and multi-step translation, to mitigate multi-lingual bias and improve model performance.
Model Evaluation: Developing robust evaluation metrics that assess multi-lingual performance and bias in language models to track improvements and identify areas for enhancement.
Transfer Learning: Leveraging transfer learning techniques to transfer knowledge and capabilities gained from code generation tasks to other language understanding and generation tasks.

By applying these strategies based on the findings of this study, researchers can enhance the multi-lingual capabilities of various language models, enabling them to effectively process and generate content in multiple languages and domains.

What other techniques, beyond prompting and instruction tuning, could be explored to mitigate the multi-lingual bias in large code models?

In addition to prompting and instruction tuning, several other techniques can be explored to mitigate multi-lingual bias in large code models:

Multi-Lingual Pre-Training: Pre-training models on a diverse range of languages and tasks to improve their multi-lingual understanding and generation capabilities.
Adversarial Training: Incorporating adversarial training techniques to encourage models to generate language-agnostic representations, reducing bias towards specific languages.
Zero-Shot Learning: Implementing zero-shot learning approaches to enable models to generalize to unseen languages and tasks without explicit training data.
Domain Adaptation: Adapting models to specific language domains by fine-tuning on domain-specific data to improve performance in multi-lingual scenarios.
Ensemble Learning: Utilizing ensemble learning methods to combine predictions from multiple models trained on different languages, enhancing overall multi-lingual performance.

By exploring these techniques in conjunction with prompting and instruction tuning, researchers can effectively mitigate multi-lingual bias in large code models and improve their capabilities in processing and generating content across diverse languages and domains.