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pith:2026:7PEN3JAELO2OFMGF4RCO5WUYKR

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Evaluating AI-Generated Images of Cultural Artifacts with Community-Informed Rubrics

Anja Thieme, Cecily Morrison, Daniela Massiceti, Deepthi Sudharsan, Hamna, Hoda Heidari, Jennifer Wortman Vaughan, Nari Johnson, Samantha Dalal, Theo Holroyd

Communities define what counts as culturally appropriate in AI-generated images of their artifacts before automation begins.

arxiv:2604.02406 v2 · 2026-04-02 · cs.CY

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C1strongest claim

Our systematized concepts reflect community members' lived experiences interacting with each artifact and how they want their material culture to be depicted, demonstrating the value of community involvement in defining valid measures.

C2weakest assumption

That community-defined concepts of cultural appropriateness can be operationalized into automated LLM-as-a-judge instruments without substantial loss of the original expertise and perspectives.

C3one line summary

Community members from the UK blind community, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu helped define what counts as culturally appropriate depictions of artifacts, and the authors tested whether those definitions can be turned into repeatable LLM-as-a-judge measurements.

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First computed	2026-05-20T00:02:11.120559Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
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Canonical hash

fbc8dda4045bb4e2b0c5e444eeda985479a9df4bb46a54d3b343599743236494

Aliases

arxiv: 2604.02406 · arxiv_version: 2604.02406v2 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2604.02406 · pith_short_12: 7PEN3JAELO2O · pith_short_16: 7PEN3JAELO2OFMGF · pith_short_8: 7PEN3JAE

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