A First Look at AI Trends in Value-Aligned Software Engineering Publications: Human-LLM Insights
Recent criticism of major social media platforms by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee for neglecting child safety and privacy lawsuits against Google over ambiguous location tracking exemplify how software can undermine human values with societal, reputational, and financial impacts. The integration of AI into modern software has further complicated this through inherent challenges like biases and lack of transparency. But AI can also offer opportunities to embed values in software, for instance, by employing natural language processing (NLP) for privacy regulation compliance checks. To explore these opportunities, we have utilized the automated reasoning abilities of ChatGPT, as a large language model (LLM), in combination with human expertise, to study the use of AI in software engineering (SE) publications that address human values (Value-Aligned publications) across some of the leading SE venues from 2022 to 2023. The findings underwent a comprehensive human evaluation, confirming that AI was used in 27% of the value-aligned publications, primarily addressing pragmatic aspects of software, such as Achievement and Security. In contrast, socially focused altruistic values like Equality, Peace, and Social Justice remain underrepresented.
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16:00 - 17:45 | Human and Social 1SE in Society (SEIS) / SE In Practice (SEIP) at 206 plus 208 Chair(s): Yvonne Dittrich IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
16:00 15mTalk | Systematizing Inclusive Design in MOSIP: An Experience Report SE In Practice (SEIP) Soumiki Chattopadhyay Oregon State University, Amreeta Chatterjee Oregon State University, Puja Agarwal Oregon State University, Bianca Trinkenreich Colorado State University, Swarathmika Kumar MOSIP-IIIT Bangalore, Rohit Ranjan Rai MOSIP-IIIT Bangalore, Resham Chugani MOSIP-IIIT Bangalore, Pragya Kumari MOSIP-IIIT Bangalore, Margaret Burnett Oregon State University, Anita Sarma Oregon State University Pre-print | ||
16:15 15mTalk | A Collaborative Framework for Cross-Domain Scientific Experiments for Society 5.0 SE in Society (SEIS) Muhammad Mainul Hossain University of Saskatchewan, Banani Roy University of Saskatchewan, Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan, Kevin Schneider University of Saskatchewan | ||
16:30 15mTalk | A First Look at AI Trends in Value-Aligned Software Engineering Publications: Human-LLM Insights SE in Society (SEIS) Ahmad Azarnik Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Davoud Mougouei , Mahdi Fahmideh University of Southern Queensland, Elahe Mougouei Islamic Azad University Najafabad, Hoa Khanh Dam University of Wollongong, Arif Ali Khan University of Oulu, Saima Rafi Edinburgh Napier University, Javed Ali Khan University of Hertforshire Hertfordshire, UK, Aakash Ahmad School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany Link to publication | ||
16:45 15mTalk | From Expectation to Habit: Why Do Software Practitioners Adopt Fairness Toolkits? SE in Society (SEIS) Gianmario Voria University of Salerno, Stefano Lambiase University of Salerno, Maria Concetta Schiavone University of Salerno, Gemma Catolino University of Salerno, Fabio Palomba University of Salerno Pre-print | ||
17:00 15mTalk | Not real or too soft? On the challenges of publishing interdisciplinary software engineering research SE in Society (SEIS) Sonja Hyrynsalmi LUT University, Grischa Liebel Reykjavik University, Ronnie de Souza Santos University of Calgary, Sebastian Baltes University of Bayreuth Pre-print | ||
17:15 15mTalk | What is unethical about software? User perceptions in the Netherlands SE in Society (SEIS) Yagil Elias Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Tom P Humbert Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Lauren Olson Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Emitzá Guzmán Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Pre-print | ||