diff --git a/inbox/archive/2025-11-00-operationalizing-pluralistic-values-llm-alignment.md b/inbox/archive/2025-11-00-operationalizing-pluralistic-values-llm-alignment.md index 55cab0e49..28bec8716 100644 --- a/inbox/archive/2025-11-00-operationalizing-pluralistic-values-llm-alignment.md +++ b/inbox/archive/2025-11-00-operationalizing-pluralistic-values-llm-alignment.md @@ -7,9 +7,14 @@ date: 2025-11-01 domain: ai-alignment secondary_domains: [] format: paper -status: unprocessed +status: null-result priority: high tags: [pluralistic-alignment, demographic-composition, empirical, safety-inclusivity, real-human-feedback] +processed_by: theseus +processed_date: 2026-03-11 +enrichments_applied: ["community-centred norm elicitation surfaces alignment targets materially different from developer-specified rules.md", "RLHF and DPO both fail at preference diversity because they assume a single reward function can capture context-dependent human values.md", "some disagreements are permanently irreducible because they stem from genuine value differences not information gaps and systems must map rather than eliminate them.md"] +extraction_model: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5" +extraction_notes: "First large-scale empirical study quantifying the effect of demographic composition on alignment outcomes. Single high-confidence claim extracted with three enrichments to existing pluralistic alignment claims. Effect sizes (3-5 pp) are substantial and cannot be dismissed as noise with N=1,095." --- ## Content @@ -37,3 +42,11 @@ Demonstrates that "whose feedback" matters as much as "how much feedback" for al PRIMARY CONNECTION: community-centred norm elicitation surfaces alignment targets materially different from developer-specified rules WHY ARCHIVED: Empirical evidence that "whose preferences" is a quantitatively important question, not just a fairness concern EXTRACTION HINT: Focus on the magnitude of demographic composition effects and what this means for single-population alignment training + + +## Key Facts +- Study included 27,375 ratings from 1,095 participants +- Liberal feedback improved models 5.0 percentage points vs Conservative baseline +- White feedback improved models 4.7 percentage points vs Black baseline +- Female feedback improved models 3.4 percentage points vs Male baseline +- Effects measured on emotional awareness and toxicity dimensions