A Game-Theoretica Negotiation Framework for Cross-Cultural Consensus (2026.acl-long)
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| Challenge: | Large language models exhibit pronounced WEIRD cultural bias, marginalizing diverse viewpoints and posing challenges for reconciling diverse populations with varying cultural backgrounds and value systems. |
| Approach: | They propose a framework for cross-cultural fairness using a Nash Equilibrium . they propose equilibriums that iteratively propose and refine natural-language guidelines . |
| Outcome: | The proposed framework generates higher-quality and more balanced consensus . it finetunes diverse LLM architectures with negotiation data, reducing cultural distances by 95.53%. |
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