The Responsible AI Forum 2026, Dr. Youngsam Chun

The Responsible AI Forum 2026, Dr. Youngsam Chun

🎙 Dr. Youngsam Chun 👥 386 📅 July 8, 2026 ⏱ 23 min 👁 13 📄 original study 🧭 2026-08-15
Available in: English (current) Français

Keywords

MORAL-GRAPHvalue alignmentLLMmoral foundationshate speech

Summary

Dr. Youngsam Chun presents MORAL-GRAPH, a geometric and graph-based framework for measuring and improving the alignment of large language models (LLMs) with human moral values. The motivation is the observed gap between human and LLM judgments on morally sensitive tasks like hate speech detection. The framework decomposes the gap into two components: orientation failure (direction of moral judgment) and calibration failure (strength or intensity). Using moral foundation theory, the authors construct six moral axes and project sentences onto them to create moral profiles. They then compare human and LLM profiles using cosine similarity (moral orientation fitness) and root mean square error (calibration error). Regression analysis on a hate speech corpus shows that both factors are significant and interact, meaning alignment requires matching both direction and strength. A graph-based analysis reveals that closed-source models (e.g., GPT-5, Gemini) are broadly aligned across categories, while many open-source models show weak directional alignment. The talk concludes with limitations, including the English-only corpus and the need for broader data.

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Critical Evaluation

Value of the Information & Strength of the Argument

The presentation offers a valuable contribution by proposing a novel, interpretable framework for quantifying LLM-human value alignment. The decomposition into orientation and calibration is conceptually clear and actionable. The argumentation is logically structured, moving from motivation to methodology to results. However, the talk is a conference presentation, so the depth of statistical analysis is limited. The speaker does not provide effect sizes, confidence intervals, or robustness checks, which weakens the empirical claims. The reliance on a single hate speech corpus also limits generalizability. The discussion of limitations is honest but brief.

Scientific Rigor, Source Quality, Title Accuracy

The talk references moral foundation theory (Graham & Haidt) and uses a hate speech corpus from US online comments, but specific citations are not provided in the talk. The description includes links to the responsible AI forum, IEAI, and alignAI, which are relevant but not direct sources for the research. The title accurately reflects the content. The presentation appears to be based on original research, but without peer review, the scientific rigor is moderate. The speaker does not mention any conflicting sources or alternative approaches, which could be seen as a lack of critical engagement.

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Title / Content Match

The title accurately reflects the content: a talk at the Responsible AI Forum 2026 by Dr. Youngsam Chun.

Quality & Reliability

7/10

The presentation describes a novel framework (MORAL-GRAPH) with a clear methodology, but lacks detailed statistical reporting and peer-reviewed validation. The speaker is affiliated with a research center, but the work appears preliminary.

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Contribution & Novelties

The talk introduces MORAL-GRAPH, a framework that provides a geometric and graph-based method to measure and interpret LLM-human value alignment. It decomposes alignment into orientation and calibration, offering a more nuanced understanding than simple accuracy metrics. The use of moral foundation theory to create interpretable axes is a novel approach. The findings suggest that open-source models often fail on directional alignment, which has implications for model development and governance.

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Radar Profile

The radar profile shows high scores in technical level and information quantity, but lower in reliability and information quality, reflecting the preliminary nature of the research and lack of peer review.

Reliability 6/10