The recent release of ChatGPT has garnered widespread recognition for its exceptional ability to generate human-like responses in dialogue. Given its usage by users from various nations and its training on a vast multilingual corpus that incorporates diverse cultural and societal norms, it is crucial to evaluate its effectiveness in cultural adaptation. In this paper, we investigate the underlying cultural background of ChatGPT by analyzing its responses to questions designed to quantify human cultural differences. Our findings suggest that, when prompted with American context, ChatGPT exhibits a strong alignment with American culture, but it adapts less effectively to other cultural contexts. Furthermore, by using different prompts to probe the model, we show that English prompts reduce the variance in model responses, flattening out cultural differences and biasing them towards American culture. This study provides valuable insights into the cultural implications of ChatGPT and highlights the necessity of greater diversity and cultural awareness in language technologies.

本文通过分析 ChatGPT 对量化人类文化差异的问题的反应，研究了 ChatGPT 的文化背景，并表明当提示语是美国背景时，ChatGPT 的响应与美国文化强烈关联，但对于其他文化背景适应性降低；此外，使用不同提示来探测模型，显示英文提示会减少模型响应的差异，使文化差异变平，并偏向美国文化，该研究提供了有关 ChatGPT 文化影响的有价值见解，并强调了语言技术中更大的多样性和文化意识的必要性。

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