arXiv AI

The Epistemic Politics of AI Anthropomorphism

arXiv:2608. 00961v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: AI anthropomorphism is typically treated as a problem of user misperception requiring institutional correction.

arXiv AI
Jul 29

Beyond Epistemia: Epistemic Schizologia and Large Language Models as Techno-Semiotic Machines

arXiv:2607. 25620v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Quattrociocchi and colleagues warn that the fluent outputs of large language models may allow linguistic plausibility to substitute for epistemic evaluation, producing the condition they call *Epistemia*: the experience of possessing knowledge without undertaking the practices through which judgment would ordinarily be warranted.

By Federico Cabitza, Gianluca Colombo
arXiv AI
Aug 11

Abstracted Away: Resisting Alienation and Ungrounded Abstraction in AI Research Communities

arXiv:2608. 08408v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Logics of abstraction in computational AI research often push important forms of knowledge and reflection aside: dominant standards of legitimacy separate from lived experience of harm; the goals of work misalign with the practices that operationalize them; and career demands crowd out critical reflection.

By Vyoma Raman, Isabel O. Gallegos, Neha Srivathsa
arXiv AI
Jul 1

Who Determines the Meaning of an Emotion? Affective Sovereignty as an Epistemic Consequence of Measurement Limits

arXiv:2606. 31442v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Emotion-sensing AI is rapidly becoming embedded in vehicles, home appliances, dialogue agents, and social infrastructure, giving rise to a sphere in which emotion is no longer confined to individual experience but is instead observed and computed at a societal scale, a domain we term the Affectosphere.

By Keito Inoshita
arXiv AI
Jun 9

Position: Anthropomorphic Misalignment Research Needs Stronger Evidence

arXiv:2606. 07612v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We argue that many Anthropomorphic Misalignment Research (AMR) studies need stronger evidence to ensure that they can provide a robust foundation for critical safety decisions, such as model deployment and regulation.

By Vansh Gupta, Peter Nutter, Samuel Stante, Andreas Krause, Florian Tram\`er, Lukas Fluri, Xin Chen, Anna Hedstr\"om