06/03/2026
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that large language models struggle to accurately estimate the moral values of people outside of Western societies. Scientists found that these artificial intelligence systems tend to overestimate the moral concerns of Western nations while underestimating the values of non-Western cultures. This pattern provides evidence that relying on these models to gauge global public opinion could unintentionally reinforce cultural stereotypes.
Featuring UMass Amherst psychological researchers Mohammad Atari and Aliah Zewail.
Artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT struggle to accurately understand global values, a new study suggests. Researchers found that these systems overestimate the morality of Western nations while underestimating non-Western cultures, essentially adopting human-like cultural stereotypes.
