UROP Project
Moral Language and Governance in AI Policy Documents
Artificial Intelligence, AI, AI ethics, AI governance, Policy analysis, Policy, Large Language Model, LLM
Research Mentor: Seul Lee, Dr.
Department, College, Affiliation: School of Information, Communication and Information
Contact Email: seul.lee@fsu.edu
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Department, College, Affiliation: School of Information, Communication and Information
Contact Email: seul.lee@fsu.edu
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Looking for Research Assistants: Yes
Number of Research Assistants: 2
Relevant Majors: Information, Information Technology, Information Science, Management Information Systems, Political Science, Law, HCI, UX, UI, Computer Science, Communication, Mass Communication, Media and Communication Studies, Media and Communication Studies, Psychology, Data Science, Computational Science, Computer Engineering, Business Analytics, Sociology, Social Science Education, Organizational Behavior and Human Resources, Engineering, Biostatistics, Creative Writing, Editing, Writing and Media, Education, Mathematics, Measurement and Statistics, Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: Remote or In-person: Partially Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 10, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
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Number of Research Assistants: 2
Relevant Majors: Information, Information Technology, Information Science, Management Information Systems, Political Science, Law, HCI, UX, UI, Computer Science, Communication, Mass Communication, Media and Communication Studies, Media and Communication Studies, Psychology, Data Science, Computational Science, Computer Engineering, Business Analytics, Sociology, Social Science Education, Organizational Behavior and Human Resources, Engineering, Biostatistics, Creative Writing, Editing, Writing and Media, Education, Mathematics, Measurement and Statistics, Neuroscience, Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
Research Assistant Transportation Required: Remote or In-person: Partially Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 10, Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link:
- Day: Friday, September 4
Start Time: 12:00
End Time: 1:00
Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/98782145189
Project Description
This study examines how leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) companies, including Anthropic, Google, Meta, and OpenAI, construct ethical commitments in their governance documents. It investigates how patterns of ethical framing, responsibility attribution, and value prioritization vary across their AI documents through comparative discourse analysis.Research Tasks: After consulting with their mentors, research assistants might assume some of the following responsibilities:
1. Literature review (Review prior literature on the topic)
2. Data collection & cleaning
3. Quantitative coding
4. Qualitative coding & annotation
5. Data analysis
Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Recommended
- Attention to detail
- Strong written communication skills
- Spreadsheet/data management skills are helpful
- Experience with qualitative and behavioral data or policy document is helpful
- Basic statistical analysis skills are helpful
- Experience with NVivo, Excel, R, or Python is helpful