We also were curious into seeing how each of the user perceptions impacted user reliance on LLMs. For this we observed that generally, perception variables were positively associated with reliance. 😄

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We also observed user perceptions: trust, social proximity, satisfaction, frustration, and explicit preference for an LLM using sociolects.

Notably, we notice how AAE participants explicitly preferred the SAELM over the AAELM, whereas this wasn’t the case for Queer slang participants. 💙💚

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In our study we find that AAE users rely more on the SAE LLM over AAELM, while for Queer slang users there is no difference between the SAE LLM and QSLM.

This shows that for some sociolects, users will rely more on an LLM in Standard English than one in a sociolect they use themselves. 🤎🩷

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We run two parallel studies:

1: with AAE speakers using AAE LLM (AAELM) 👋🏾
2: with Queer slang speakers using Queer slang LLM (QSLM) 🏳️‍🌈

In each, participants watched videos and were offered to use either a Standard English LLM or AAELM/QSLM to help answer questions.

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What if AI played the role of your sassy gay bestie 🏳️‍🌈 or AAVE-speaking friend 👋🏾?

You: “Can you plan a trip?”
🤖 AI: “Yasss queen! let’s werk this babe✨💅”

LLMs can talk like us, but it shapes how we trust, rely on & relate to them 🧵

📣 our #FAccT2025 paper: bit.ly/3HJ6rWI

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