4 papers
AI and the Future of Digital Public Squares
Beth Goldberg, Diana Acosta-Navas, Michiel Bakker +24
Two substantial technological advances have reshaped the public square in recent decades: first with the advent of the internet and second with the recent introduction of large lan…
Annotator in the Loop: A Case Study of In-Depth Rater Engagement to Create a Bridging Benchmark Dataset
Sonja Schmer-Galunder, Ruta Wheelock, Scott Friedman +3
With the growing prevalence of large language models, it is increasingly common to annotate datasets for machine learning using pools of crowd raters. However, these raters often w…
A Mechanism-Based Approach to Mitigating Harms from Persuasive Generative AI
Seliem El-Sayed, Canfer Akbulut, Amanda McCroskery +17
Recent generative AI systems have demonstrated more advanced persuasive capabilities and are increasingly permeating areas of life where they can influence decision-making. Generat…
Re-Ranking News Comments by Constructiveness and Curiosity Significantly Increases Perceived Respect, Trustworthiness, and Interest
Emily Saltz, Zaria Jalan, Tin Acosta
Online commenting platforms have commonly developed systems to address online harms by removing and down-ranking content. An alternative, under-explored approach is to focus on up-…