Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) is reshaping society. Although GAI offers numerous benefits, it also reinforces algorithmic biases in ways that often disadvantage already marginalized communities. Although Large Language Model (LLM) bias is a topic of increasing interest, one form of bias, epistemic bias, has been largely overlooked. In this paper, we discuss how GAI-based epistemic bias can manifest in epistemic injustice in ways that reduce individual and collective well-being. We synthesize three theories, Fricker’s epistemic injustice theory, the capabilities approach, and standpoint theory, to conceptualize a multi-level framework for understanding epistemic injustice and its effects on individual and collective well-being. We also illustrate how identifying key assumptions underlying these theories can be used to derive a robust research agenda that can help us better understand epistemic injustice and mitigate its effects.
Institutions: Louisiana Tech University, San Jose State University
Language: English
Subfield: Safety Research
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7056311252
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