How Good Is ChatGPT For Detecting Hate Speech In Portuguese?

Amanda Szekir de Oliveira, Thiago C. Cecote, Pedro Silva, Jadson Castro Gertrudes, Vander L. S. Freitas, Eduardo Luz

2023 · 18 citations · 14 references

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This study evaluates OpenAI’s ChatGPT, a large language model, for its efficacy in detecting hate speech in Portuguese tweets, comparing it with purpose-trained models. Despite incurring considerable computational costs, ChatGPT as a zero-shot classifier demonstrated commendable performance, even superior to or on par with state-of-the-art methods, with an F1-score of 73.0% on the ToLD-BR. In a cross-dataset evaluation on the HLPHSP dataset, it secured a superior F1-score of 73%. The choice of prompt significantly impacts the outcome, with a wider scope prompt balancing precision and recall metrics. ChatGPT, due to its interpretability and resilience against data distribution shifts, could be a preferred choice for tasks prioritizing these factors.

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