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Which Humans? Whose Values? The Cultural Biases of AI

AI models mirror WEIRD cultural norms while claiming universality. Alignment methods reinforce this bias, projecting one community’s “common sense” as global truth. Recognising plurality through Wittgenstein’s language-games and Popper’s falsification reframes alignment as provisional and adaptive,

Canaletto’s 18th-century view of Venice’s Grand Canal shows gondolas gliding past Renaissance palaces, merchants and citizens along the waterway beneath a bright blue, cloud-dappled sky.
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