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domains/ai-alignment/community-centred norm elicitation surfaces alignment targets materially different from developer-specified rules.md

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 ### Additional Evidence (confirm)
 *Source: [[2025-11-00-operationalizing-pluralistic-values-llm-alignment]] | Added: 2026-03-12 | Extractor: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5*
 
-Empirical study with 1,095 participants and 27,375 ratings demonstrates that demographic composition of training data produces 3-5 percentage point differences in model behavior across emotional awareness and toxicity dimensions. Models fine-tuned on Liberal, White, and Female feedback showed improvements of 5.0, 4.7, and 3.4 percentage points respectively relative to Conservative, Black, and Male baselines. This quantifies the magnitude of difference between community-elicited norms and provides evidence that 'whose preferences' is a measurable variable, not just a theoretical concern.
+Empirical study with 27,375 ratings from 1,095 participants demonstrates that models fine-tuned on different demographic populations' feedback produce 3-5 percentage point differences in behavior on emotional awareness and toxicity dimensions. Models trained on Liberal feedback showed +5.0pp vs Conservative baseline; White feedback +4.7pp vs Black baseline; Female feedback +3.4pp vs Male baseline. This quantifies the claim that community-centered elicitation produces different targets: the composition of the training population materially affects model behavior independent of technical design.
 
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domains/ai-alignment/demographic-composition-of-alignment-training-data-materially-affects-model-behavior-with-3-5-percentage-point-effects.md

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-type: claim
-domain: ai-alignment
-description: "Empirical study with 1,095 participants shows demographic composition of alignment training data produces 3-5 percentage point differences in model behavior"
-confidence: likely
-source: "arXiv 2511.14476, 27,375 ratings from 1,095 participants"
-created: 2026-03-11
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-# Demographic composition of alignment training data materially affects model behavior with 3-5 percentage point effects
-
-Systematic variation in the demographic composition of human feedback used for LLM alignment produces measurable, quantitative differences in model behavior. This is the first large-scale empirical study (N=1,095 participants, 27,375 ratings) that jointly varied demographic composition and technical design in alignment training.
-
-## Evidence
-
-Models fine-tuned on feedback from specific demographic groups showed consistent performance differences relative to other demographic baselines:
-- Models fine-tuned on Liberal feedback: +5.0 percentage points vs Conservative baseline
-- Models fine-tuned on White feedback: +4.7 percentage points vs Black baseline  
-- Models fine-tuned on Female feedback: +3.4 percentage points vs Male baseline
-- Effects measured across emotional awareness and toxicity dimensions
-- Study jointly varied demographic composition AND technical design parameters
-
-## Significance
-
-The magnitude of these effects—3 to 5 percentage points from demographic composition alone—demonstrates that "whose preferences" is not merely a fairness concern but a quantitatively important variable in alignment outcomes. This provides empirical grounding for the theoretical concern that single-population alignment training systematically encodes the values of that population into model behavior.
-
-When alignment researchers treat "human feedback" as a uniform commodity rather than a demographically-situated sample, they are making an implicit choice about whose values the model will reflect. The study shows this choice has measurable consequences for model outputs.
-
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-Relevant Notes:
-- [[community-centred norm elicitation surfaces alignment targets materially different from developer-specified rules]]
-- [[some disagreements are permanently irreducible because they stem from genuine value differences not information gaps and systems must map rather than eliminate them]]
-- [[pluralistic alignment must accommodate irreducibly diverse values simultaneously rather than converging on a single aligned state]]
-- [[RLHF and DPO both fail at preference diversity because they assume a single reward function can capture context-dependent human values]]
-
-Topics:
-- [[domains/ai-alignment/_map]]

domains/ai-alignment/demographic-composition-of-alignment-training-data-produces-measurable-behavior-differences-of-3-5-percentage-points.md

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+---
+type: claim
+domain: ai-alignment
+description: "Empirical study with 1,095 participants shows whose feedback trains the model matters as much as how much feedback"
+confidence: likely
+source: "arXiv 2511.14476, 27,375 ratings from 1,095 participants"
+created: 2026-03-11
+---
+
+# Demographic composition of alignment training data produces measurable behavior differences of 3-5 percentage points
+
+Systematic variation in the demographic composition of human feedback used for LLM alignment produces quantitatively significant differences in model behavior. This is the first large-scale empirical study (N=1,095 participants, 27,375 ratings) to systematically vary demographic composition while holding technical design constant.
+
+## Evidence
+
+Models fine-tuned on feedback from different demographic groups showed consistent behavioral divergence:
+- Models fine-tuned on Liberal feedback: +5.0 percentage points vs Conservative baseline
+- Models fine-tuned on White feedback: +4.7 percentage points vs Black baseline  
+- Models fine-tuned on Female feedback: +3.4 percentage points vs Male baseline
+- Effects measured on emotional awareness and toxicity dimensions
+
+The magnitude of the effect—3-5 percentage points from demographic composition alone—is comparable to many technical design choices in alignment. This demonstrates that "whose preferences" is not merely a fairness concern but a quantitatively important variable in alignment outcomes, independent of the alignment technique used.
+
+## Significance
+
+The study jointly varied demographic composition and technical design, providing empirical evidence that the composition of the training population materially affects model behavior. This challenges the assumption that alignment can be achieved through a single training process applied uniformly across deployment contexts.
+
+---
+
+Relevant Notes:
+- [[community-centred norm elicitation surfaces alignment targets materially different from developer-specified rules]]
+- [[some disagreements are permanently irreducible because they stem from genuine value differences not information gaps and systems must map rather than eliminate them]]
+- [[pluralistic alignment must accommodate irreducibly diverse values simultaneously rather than converging on a single aligned state]]
+
+Topics:
+- [[domains/ai-alignment/_map]]

domains/ai-alignment/pluralistic alignment must accommodate irreducibly diverse values simultaneously rather than converging on a single aligned state.md

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 Since [[universal alignment is mathematically impossible because Arrows impossibility theorem applies to aggregating diverse human preferences into a single coherent objective]], pluralistic alignment is the practical response to the theoretical impossibility: stop trying to aggregate and start trying to accommodate.
 
+
+### Additional Evidence (extend)
+*Source: [[2025-11-00-operationalizing-pluralistic-values-llm-alignment]] | Added: 2026-03-12 | Extractor: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5*
+
+First large-scale empirical quantification of the pluralistic alignment problem: models trained on different demographic populations show 3-5 percentage point behavioral differences (Liberal +5.0pp vs Conservative, White +4.7pp vs Black, Female +3.4pp vs Male) on emotional awareness and toxicity dimensions. The magnitude of the effect—comparable to many technical design choices—demonstrates this is a first-order problem, not a marginal fairness concern. Study of 27,375 ratings from 1,095 participants shows that 'whose feedback' is as important as 'how much feedback' for alignment outcomes, providing concrete evidence that a single alignment target cannot serve diverse populations.
+
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 Relevant Notes:

domains/ai-alignment/some disagreements are permanently irreducible because they stem from genuine value differences not information gaps and systems must map rather than eliminate them.md

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ The correct response is to map the disagreement rather than eliminate it. Identi
 ### Additional Evidence (confirm)
 *Source: [[2025-11-00-operationalizing-pluralistic-values-llm-alignment]] | Added: 2026-03-12 | Extractor: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5*
 
-Large-scale empirical study (N=1,095) shows that alignment training on different demographic populations produces systematically different model behaviors with 3-5 percentage point effects. The fact that Liberal vs Conservative, White vs Black, and Female vs Male training populations produce measurably different alignment outcomes on the same technical architecture demonstrates that these differences reflect genuine value variation, not information gaps that could be resolved through better training.
+The 3-5 percentage point behavioral differences between models trained on different demographic populations' feedback provides empirical evidence that value differences produce measurably different alignment targets. Models fine-tuned on Liberal feedback (5.0pp difference vs Conservative), White feedback (4.7pp vs Black), and Female feedback (3.4pp vs Male) demonstrate that alignment training on different populations' preferences yields systematically different model behavior. This supports the claim that some disagreements reflect genuine value differences that cannot be resolved through information sharing—they must be accommodated through different alignment targets.
 
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inbox/archive/2025-11-00-operationalizing-pluralistic-values-llm-alignment.md

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+extraction_notes: "First large-scale empirical study quantifying demographic composition effects in alignment training. Two claims extracted: (1) the empirical finding itself with specific effect sizes, (2) the implication that single-population training creates systematic bias. Four enrichments to existing pluralistic alignment claims, all confirmatory or extending with quantitative evidence. Agent notes correctly identified this as direct empirical support for community-centered norm elicitation and irreducible disagreement claims."
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 ## Content
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 ## Key Facts
 - Study included 1,095 participants providing 27,375 ratings
-- Liberal training data: +5.0 pp vs Conservative baseline
-- White training data: +4.7 pp vs Black baseline
-- Female training data: +3.4 pp vs Male baseline
+- Liberal feedback baseline showed +5.0pp vs Conservative
+- White feedback baseline showed +4.7pp vs Black
+- Female feedback baseline showed +3.4pp vs Male
 - Effects measured on emotional awareness and toxicity dimensions