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Interpretability of LLM Classifiers via the Rational Inattention Theory with Application to Hate Speech Detection
来源日期（仅到月份） 2026-07
来源记录日期 2026-07
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Hate speech detection is essential for maintaining healthy online communities. Large language models (LLMs) perform well on text classification, yet their decision strategies need to be better understood. While post-hoc rationales can justify individual decisions, they substantially increase inference cost and limit scalability in high-throughput settings. As another approach, we propose an extended rational inattention model that parameterizes linguistic noise and information processing cost, providing an interpretable behavioral framework for black-box LLM classifiers. Treating LLMs as rational decision-makers under information constraints allows us to estimate - from the observed classification behavior - the parameters that represent information processing cost and noise sensitivity. As a case study and using a hate-speech dataset spanning multiple noise environments, we evaluate four commercial LLMs and show that the introduced extended rational inattention model predictions closely match the observed performance across different noise levels. We further test the performance under various noise mechanisms and find that the inferred information cost parameters remain consistent while the noise parameters vary with the distortion mechanism. Overall, our introduced framework offers a cost-efficient and quantitative approach to derive interpretable indices of LLM moderation behavior and decisions, without additional rationale generation.
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Interpretability of LLM Classifiers via the Rational Inattention Theory with Application to Hate Speech Detection
Hate speech detection is essential for maintaining healthy online communities. Large language models (LLMs) perform well on text classification, yet their decision strategies need to be better understood. While post-hoc rationales can justify individual decisions, they substantially increase inference cost and limit scalability in high-throughput settings. As another approach, we propose an extended rational inattention model that parameterizes linguistic noise and information processing cost, providing an interpretable behavioral framework for black-box LLM classifiers. Treating LLMs as rational decision-makers under information constraints allows us to estimate - from the observed classification behavior - the parameters that represent information processing cost and noise sensitivity. As a case study and using a hate-speech dataset spanning multiple noise environments, we evaluate four commercial LLMs and show that the introduced extended rational inattention model predictions closely match the observed performance across different noise levels. We further test the performance under various noise mechanisms and find that the inferred information cost parameters remain consistent while the noise parameters vary with the distortion mechanism. Overall, our introduced framework offers a cost-efficient and quantitative approach to derive interpretable indices of LLM moderation behavior and decisions, without additional rationale generation.
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