Publications (9)
NushuRescue: Revitalization of the Endangered Nushu Language with AI
Ivory Yang, Weicheng Ma, Soroush Vosoughi
The preservation and revitalization of endangered and extinct languages is a meaningful endeavor, conserving cultural heritage while enriching fields like linguistics and anthropol…
Communication is All You Need: Persuasion Dataset Construction via Multi-LLM Communication
Weicheng Ma, Hefan Zhang, Ivory Yang +8
Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown proficiency in generating persuasive dialogue, yet concerns about the fluency and sophistication of their outputs persist. This paper presen…
Enhanced Detection of Conversational Mental Manipulation Through Advanced Prompting Techniques
Ivory Yang, Xiaobo Guo, Sean Xie +1
This study presents a comprehensive, long-term project to explore the effectiveness of various prompting techniques in detecting dialogical mental manipulation. We implement Chain-…
Detecting and Enhancing Intellectual Humility in Online Political Discourse
Samantha D'Alonzo, Rachel Chen, Weidong Zhang +7
Intellectual humility (IH)-a recognition of one's own intellectual limitations-can reduce polarization and foster more understanding across lines of difference. Yet little work exp…
Scaling laws for activation steering with Llama 2 models and refusal mechanisms
Sheikh Abdur Raheem Ali, Justin Xu, Ivory Yang +3
As large language models (LLMs) evolve in complexity and capability, the efficacy of less widely deployed alignment techniques are uncertain. Building on previous work on activatio…
Probing Association Biases in LLM Moderation Over-Sensitivity
Yuxin Wang, Botao Yu, Ivory Yang +2
Large Language Models are widely used for content moderation but often present certain over-sensitivity, leading to misclassification of benign content and rejecting safe user comm…
Advancing Uto-Aztecan Language Technologies: A Case Study on the Endangered Comanche Language
Jesus Alvarez C, Daua D. Karajeanes, Ashley Celeste Prado +5
The digital exclusion of endangered languages remains a critical challenge in NLP, limiting both linguistic research and revitalization efforts. This study introduces the first com…
MentalManip: A Dataset For Fine-grained Analysis of Mental Manipulation in Conversations
Yuxin Wang, Ivory Yang, Saeed Hassanpour +1
Mental manipulation, a significant form of abuse in interpersonal conversations, presents a challenge to identify due to its context-dependent and often subtle nature. The detectio…
Is It Navajo? Accurate Language Detection in Endangered Athabaskan Languages
Ivory Yang, Weicheng Ma, Chunhui Zhang +1
Endangered languages, such as Navajo - the most widely spoken Native American language - are significantly underrepresented in contemporary language technologies, exacerbating the…