6 papers
OpenCourier: an Open Protocol for Building a Decentralized Ecosystem of Community-owned Delivery Platforms
Yuhan Liu, Varun Nagaraj Rao, Sohyeon Hwang +2
In this vision paper, we outline a blueprint for a decentralized network for the delivery industry, powered by an open protocol. By presenting the network's key components and laye…
GPTFootprint: Increasing Consumer Awareness of the Environmental Impacts of LLMs
Nora Graves, Vitus Larrieu, Yingyue Trace Zhang +4
With the growth of AI, researchers are studying how to mitigate its environmental impact, primarily by proposing policy changes and increasing awareness among developers. However,…
Redefining Research Crowdsourcing: Incorporating Human Feedback with LLM-Powered Digital Twins
Amanda Chan, Catherine Di, Joseph Rupertus +4
Crowd work platforms like Amazon Mechanical Turk and Prolific are vital for research, yet workers' growing use of generative AI tools poses challenges. Researchers face compromised…
PolicyPulse: LLM-Synthesis Tool for Policy Researchers
Maggie Wang, Ella Colby, Jennifer Okwara +3
Public opinion shapes policy, yet capturing it effectively to surface diverse perspectives remains challenging. This paper introduces PolicyPulse, an LLM-powered interactive system…
FareShare: A Tool for Labor Organizers to Estimate Lost Wages and Contest Arbitrary AI and Algorithmic Deactivations
Varun Nagaraj Rao, Samantha Dalal, Andrew Schwartz +3
What happens when a rideshare driver is suddenly locked out of the platform connecting them to riders, wages, and daily work? Deactivation-the abrupt removal of gig workers' platfo…
Rideshare Transparency: Translating Gig Worker Insights on AI Platform Design to Policy
Varun Nagaraj Rao, Samantha Dalal, Eesha Agarwal +2
Rideshare platforms exert significant control over workers through algorithmic systems that can result in financial, emotional, and physical harm. What steps can platforms, designe…