New research

Professor Anders Kristian Munk has secured funding from the Danish Independent Research Fund

Wednesday 13 November 2024

We are thrilled to share that Professor Anders Kristian Munk has secured funding from the Danish Independent Research Fund (Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond) for a groundbreaking new project titled Culturally Explainable AI (CXAI).

The project addresses a crucial question in the age of AI: how do large language models (LLMs) produce culture? While LLMs are often seen as reflecting cultural patterns from their training data, a robust theory of how they convey culture is still missing. The CXAI project aims to bridge this gap by drawing on insights from anthropology and science and technology studies.

The idea is to develop a theory of culturally explainable AI by investigating how users interact with cultural patterns in LLM outputs, and understanding how LLMs can become culturally explainable to diverse users.

The project will involve an innovative computational anthropology experiment with university students from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. This Nordic collaboration also ties into international research projects, paving the way for a broader understanding of AI's cultural dimensions now, and in the future.

Stay tuned for more updates as we embark on this exciting journey to explore the cultural impacts of AI!

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