2 papers
cs.AI2025
A Matter of Interest: Understanding Interestingness of Math Problems in Humans and Language Models
Shubhra Mishra, Yuka Machino, Gabriel Poesia +9
The evolution of mathematics is shaped importantly by interestingness: researchers choose which problems to pursue, and students choose which problems to engage with, based on expe…
cs.CL2025
Minding the Politeness Gap in Cross-cultural Communication
Yuka Machino, Matthias Hofer, Max Siegel +2
Misunderstandings in cross-cultural communication often arise from subtle differences in interpretation, but it is unclear whether these differences arise from the literal meanings…