arXiv:2606.05188v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: (Gen)AI diversity is not merely an ethical issue. From the perspective of geographic information science (GIScience), it could be interpreted as a function of uncertainty and as a form of cognitive bias, embedded in AI outputs. Recent work has sought to develop information-theoretic diversity measures and apply them to evaluate AI-chatbot outputs in a geographic context. As the AI ecosystem to which we are exposed on a daily basis becomes rapidly multimodal, we believe it is important to examine geographic diversity across various modalities. F
The rapid multimodal expansion of the AI ecosystem makes the assessment of geographic diversity across various data modalities a pressing and actionable concern right now.
Evaluating geographic diversity in AI outputs is crucial for mitigating cognitive biases and uncertainties embedded in AI, impacting fairness, relevance, and global adoptability of AI systems.
This shifts the focus of AI diversity beyond ethics to also encompass objective measures of geographic representation as a form of uncertainty and bias, particularly in image generation.
- · GIScience researchers
- · AI ethics and safety organizations
- · Global AI developers
- · Geospatial data providers
- · Providers of geographically biased AI models
- · Homogenous AI datasets
- · AI applications with limited global context
AI models will be developed with explicit geographic diversity metrics during training and evaluation.
Increased demand for geographically balanced and representative training data for diverse AI applications.
The development of AI systems that more accurately and equitably represent global cultures and environments, mitigating algorithmic colonialism.
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