3 papers
cs.CL2026
The Hidden Frame: How Large Language Models Impact Democratic Society
Wend K. Tam
Large language models are rapidly becoming an interface between citizens and political information. They are often regarded as "a better Google." While this analogy might work for…
cs.CL2026
The Neutral Mask: How Alignment Training Provides Shallow Alignment while Leaving Partisan Structure Intact in a Large Language Model
Wendy K. Tam
The ambition behind alignment training is to make large language models safe and useful. The primary mechanisms, reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) and its direct-op…
cs.CL2026
The Amplifying Mirror: Locating and Steering the Partisan Direction inside a Large Language Model
Wendy K. Tam
Large language models are rapicly replacing search engines as the primary interface between people and information. Unlike search engines, which retrieve existing content, LLMs gen…