4 papers
Community-Aligned Behavior Under Uncertainty: Evidence of Epistemic Stance Transfer in LLMs
Patrick Gerard, Aiden Chang, Svitlana Volkova
When large language models (LLMs) are aligned to a specific online community, do they exhibit generalizable behavioral patterns that mirror that community's attitudes and responses…
Illusions of Intimacy: How Emotional Dynamics Shape Human-AI Relationships
Minh Duc Chu, Patrick Gerard, Kshitij Pawar +2
AI companion chatbots, such as those offered by Replika and CharacterAI, increasingly function as always-available companions that provide empathy, validation, and support. While t…
Fear and Loathing on the Frontline: Decoding the Language of Othering by Russia-Ukraine War Bloggers
Patrick Gerard, William Theisen, Tim Weninger +1
Othering, the act of portraying outgroups as fundamentally different from the ingroup, often escalates into framing them as existential threats--fueling intergroup conflict and jus…
Modeling Information Narrative Detection and Evolution on Telegram during the Russia-Ukraine War
Patrick Gerard, Svitlana Volkova, Louis Penafiel +2
Following the Russian Federation's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a multitude of information narratives emerged within both pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian communit…