2 papers
cs.CL2026
Discovering Semantic Latent Structures in Psychological Scales: A Response-Free Pathway to Efficient Simplification
Bo Wang, Yuxuan Zhang, Yueqin Hu +3
Psychological scale refinement traditionally relies on response-based methods such as factor analysis, item response theory, and network psychometrics to optimize item composition.…
cs.CY2026
Beyond Instrumental and Substitutive Paradigms: Introducing Machine Culture as an Emergent Phenomenon in Large Language Models
Yueqing Hu, Xinyang Peng, Yukun Zhao +3
Recent scholarship typically characterizes Large Language Models (LLMs) through either an \textit{Instrumental Paradigm} (viewing models as reflections of their developers' culture…