Theory-Guided Deception Detection: A RAG-Based Artificial Intelligence Exploration
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arXiv:2608.08881v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The current work developed seven Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) models based on leading deception theories and compared how deception judgments were made relative to baseline models. Across 700 statements drawn from five published deception datasets, four large language models (gpt-4o, claude-sonnet-4-6, ollama/llama3, deepseek-v4-flash), and two run-types (RAG vs. baseline), a total of 39,200 deception judgments were rendered. Detection accuracies were consistent with typical human accuracies and not statistically different across RAG (54.
Key takeaways
- arXiv:2608.08881v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The current work developed seven Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) models based on leading deception theories and compared how deception judgments were made relative to baseline models.
- Across 700 statements drawn from five published deception datasets, four large language models (gpt-4o, claude-sonnet-4-6, ollama/llama3, deepseek-v4-flash), and two run-types (RAG vs.
- baseline), a total of 39,200 deception judgments were rendered.
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