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Unifying Models of Intergroup Hostility in Online Discourse
Patrick Gerard, Julia Mendelsohn, Kristina Lerman
Hostile rhetoric toward social groups can normalize exclusion and justify mistreatment, as well as contribute to rising polarization and political violence. Efforts to moderate hos…
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…