2 papers
cs.AI2026
ESCRAG-R1: Retrieval-Augmented Reinforcement Learning for Emotional Support Conversation
Weichu Liu, Yuxuan Hu, Yirong Sun +6
Emotional Support Conversation (ESC) systems aim to provide holistic support by balancing professional therapeutic competence with natural empathy. However, existing methods strugg…
cs.CV2026
Fidelity Preference, Not Demographic Preference: A Pixel-Level Attribute-Sensitivity Audit of Image Aesthetic/Preference Scorers
Mingyang Xu
Text-to-image systems use learned aesthetic scorers to filter training data and guide generation, but whether these scores encode demographic attributes as objective quality is unc…