Toward a Programmable Humanizing Artificial Intelligence Through Scalable Stance-Directed Architecture

Yusuf Mücahit Çetinkaya, Yeonjung Lee, Emre Külah, Ismail Hakki Toroslu, Michael A. Cowan, Hasan Davulcu

Abstract: The rise of harmful online content underscores the urgent need for artificial intelligence (AI) systems to effectively detect, filter, and foster safer and healthier communication. This article introduces a novel approach to mitigating toxic content generation propensities of large language models (LLMs) by fine-tuning them with a programmable stance-directed focus on core human values and the common good. We propose a streamlined keyword coding and processing pipeline that generates weakly labeled data to train AI models to avoid toxicity and champion civil discourse. We also developed a toxicity classifier and an aspect-based sentiment analysis model to assess and control the effectiveness of a humanizing AI model. We evaluate the proposed pipeline using a contentious real-world X (formerly Twitter) dataset on U.S. race relations. Our approach successfully curbs the toxic content generation propensity of an unrestricted LLM by a significant 85%.