Cultural Perspectives and Expectations for Generative AI: A Global Survey Approach

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Autores principales: van Liemt, Erin, Shelby, Renee, Smart, Andrew, Kumbale, Sinchana, Zhang, Richard, Dixit, Neha, Rashid, Qazi Mamunur, Smith-Loud, Jamila
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Publicado: 2026
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author van Liemt, Erin
Shelby, Renee
Smart, Andrew
Kumbale, Sinchana
Zhang, Richard
Dixit, Neha
Rashid, Qazi Mamunur
Smith-Loud, Jamila
author_facet van Liemt, Erin
Shelby, Renee
Smart, Andrew
Kumbale, Sinchana
Zhang, Richard
Dixit, Neha
Rashid, Qazi Mamunur
Smith-Loud, Jamila
contents There is a lack of empirical evidence about global attitudes around whether and how GenAI should represent cultures. This paper assesses understandings and beliefs about culture as it relates to GenAI from a large-scale global survey. We gathered data about what culture means to different groups, and about how GenAI should approach the representation of cultural artifacts, concepts, or values. We distill working definitions of culture directly from these communities to build an understanding of its conceptual complexities and how they relate to representations in Generative AI. We survey from across parts of Europe, North and South America, Asia, and Africa. We conclude with a set of recommendations for Culture and GenAI development. These include participatory approaches, prioritizing specific cultural dimensions beyond geography, such as religion and tradition, and a sensitivity framework for addressing cultural ``redlines''.
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spellingShingle Cultural Perspectives and Expectations for Generative AI: A Global Survey Approach
van Liemt, Erin
Shelby, Renee
Smart, Andrew
Kumbale, Sinchana
Zhang, Richard
Dixit, Neha
Rashid, Qazi Mamunur
Smith-Loud, Jamila
Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
There is a lack of empirical evidence about global attitudes around whether and how GenAI should represent cultures. This paper assesses understandings and beliefs about culture as it relates to GenAI from a large-scale global survey. We gathered data about what culture means to different groups, and about how GenAI should approach the representation of cultural artifacts, concepts, or values. We distill working definitions of culture directly from these communities to build an understanding of its conceptual complexities and how they relate to representations in Generative AI. We survey from across parts of Europe, North and South America, Asia, and Africa. We conclude with a set of recommendations for Culture and GenAI development. These include participatory approaches, prioritizing specific cultural dimensions beyond geography, such as religion and tradition, and a sensitivity framework for addressing cultural ``redlines''.
title Cultural Perspectives and Expectations for Generative AI: A Global Survey Approach
topic Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.05723