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AI LLM March 17, 2026

Whose Knowledge Counts? Co-Designing Community-Centered AI Auditing Tools with Educators in Hawai`i

Authors

Dora Zhao, Hannah Cha, Michael J. Ryan, Angelina Wang, Rachel Baker-Ramos Evyn-Bree Helekahi-Kaiwi, Rebecca Diego, Josiah Hester, Diyi Yang

Abstract

Although generative AI is being deployed into classrooms with promises of aiding teachers, educators caution that these tools can have unintended pedagogical repercussions, including cultural misrepresentation and bias. These concerns are heightened in low-resource language and Indigenous education settings, where AI systems frequently underperform. We investigate these challenges in Hawai`i, where public schools operate under a statewide mandate to integrate Hawaiian language and culture into education. Through four co-design workshops with 22 public school educators, we surfaced concerns about using generative AI in educational settings, particularly around cultural misrepresentation, and corresponding designs for auditing tools that address these issues. We find that educators envision tools grounded in specific Hawaiian cultural values and practices, such as tracing the genealogy of knowledge in source materials. Building on these insights, we conceptualize AI auditing as a community-oriented process rather than the work of isolated individuals, and discuss implications for designing auditing tools.

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arXiv ID: 2603.16646
Provider: ARXIV
Primary Category: cs.HC
Published: 2026-03-17
Fetched: 2026-03-18 06:02

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