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Ruchira Dhar

3 accepted papers

2026

Realist and Pluralist Conceptions of Intelligence and Their Implications on AI Research

AAAI 2026technical

In this paper, we argue that current AI research operates on a spectrum between two different underlying conceptions of intelligence: Intelligence Realism, which holds that intelligence represents a single, universal capacity measurable across all systems, and Intelligence Pluralism, which views int

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2025

Evaluating Multimodal Language Models as Visual Assistants for Visually Impaired Users

ACL 2025long

This paper explores the effectiveness of Multimodal Large Language models (MLLMs) as assistive technologies for visually impaired individuals. We conduct a user survey to identify adoption patterns and key challenges users face with such technologies. Despite a high adoption rate of these models, ou…

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2024

Defining Knowledge: Bridging Epistemology and Large Language Models

EMNLP 2024main

Knowledge claims are abundant in the literature on large language models (LLMs); but can we say that GPT-4 truly “knows” the Earth is round? To address this question, we review standard definitions of knowledge in epistemology and we formalize interpretations applicable to LLMs. In doing so, we iden…