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New framework views language models as active participants in cultural measurement

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This paper proposes a new framework for understanding how language models are used to measure cultural phenomena. It argues that the measurement apparatus itself, including the model, data, and evaluation methods, actively shapes the cultural reality it aims to quantify. The research suggests a methodology that treats these boundaries as conscious, ethical, and empirical commitments, drawing on case studies from television and film dialogue. AI

IMPACT Proposes a new theoretical lens for analyzing AI's role in cultural studies, emphasizing the entanglement of measurement tools with the phenomena they study.

RANK_REASON The item is a research paper published on arXiv discussing a new theoretical framework for using language models in cultural studies. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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New framework views language models as active participants in cultural measurement

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 (CA) · Kent K. Chang ·

    Language Models as Measurement Apparatus for Culture

    arXiv:2607.02459v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Language models are increasingly used to quantify cultural phenomena, but what makes such measurement distinctively cultural? This paper argues that NLP work on culture is a material-discursive practice: the apparatus -- model, data…

  2. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 (CA) · Kent K. Chang ·

    Language Models as Measurement Apparatus for Culture

    Language models are increasingly used to quantify cultural phenomena, but what makes such measurement distinctively cultural? This paper argues that NLP work on culture is a material-discursive practice: the apparatus -- model, data, annotation, evaluation -- participates in cons…

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