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arXiv cs.CL AI Research Apr 23

Large language models perceive cities through a culturally uneven baseline

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Researchers investigated how large language models perceive urban environments, finding that model outputs are biased toward Western cultural perspectives. The study reveals that LLMs lack a neutral baseline and instead exhibit a culturally uneven frame of reference when describing cities.

Why it matters Systemic Western-centric biases in LLM outputs threaten the reliability of globalized AI applications and cross-cultural digital reasoning.
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#llm bias #cultural perception #urbanism #alignment

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