Purdah and Patriarchy: Evaluating and Mitigating South Asian Biases in Open-Ended Multilingual LLM Generations
The paper 'Purdah and Patriarchy' investigates subtle, intersectional biases in multilingual LLM generations related to South Asian identities. Researchers found that biases—like those linking single Muslim women to social seclusion—are quantifiable across different text types. The hosts conclude that simple debiasing methods are insufficient, requiring localized, culturally specific protocols because AI reflects societal biases.