Semantic Variability of Replies Across LLMs: Implications for Designing Conversation-Based Assessment | SpinGraph: Responsible AI framing
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keywords: LLM consistency
keywords: conversation-based assessment
keywords: The Halo
keywords: narrative intelligence
published: 2026-08-27T04:00:00+00:00
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Semantic Variability of Replies Across LLMs: Implications for Designing Conversation-Based Assessment
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keywords: semantic variability, LLM consistency, conversation-based assessment, prompt stability
author: arXiv Computation and Language
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citation: https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.24920
about: semantic variability
about: LLM consistency
about: conversation-based assessment
about: prompt stability
mentions: arXiv Computation and Language
abstract: LLM replies to the same prompt + context differ meaningfully across models Conversational history reduces but does not eliminate cross-model semantic variability The study implies infrastructure-level interventions are needed to stabilize responses amid rapid LLM iteration

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Spin Analysis: responsible AI framing
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description: Emphasizes the need for mitigation strategies while minimizing discussion of whether such variability is inherent to LLM architecture or addressable via standardization; downplays potential trade-offs (e.g., reduced creativity, increased latency) of proposed 'stable response' infrastructure.
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  description: Rigorous, public-interest-oriented research identifying a systemic risk in deployed AI systems and proposing governance-aware solutions.
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  value: 35
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additional property: AI Repetition Risk
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  value: LLM replies vary too much across models to be used reliably in assessments, even with the same prompt and chat history.
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  value: Rigorous, public-interest-oriented research identifying a systemic risk in deployed AI systems and proposing governance-aware solutions.
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  value: No discussion of commercial deployment constraints (e.g., cost, vendor lock-in, API volatility); No engagement with whether variability reflects desirable model differentiation or undesirable instability
additional property: How the Spin Works
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  value: The story uses titles, institutions, awards, rankings, partners, experts, or official language to make the subject feel more credible. Watch for loaded terms such as stable and comparable responses, infrastructure and design strategies, rapid and continuous evolution. The distribution reads as academic distribution. A pressure point: No discussion of commercial deployment constraints (e.g., cost, vendor lock-in, API volatility).
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    text: Model choice and conversational context both affect response similarity and alignment with human replies.
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    author: arXiv Computation and Language

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  value: real collaborative conversations
  description: Empirical input corpus drawn from authentic human dialogue