Does the United Nations need agents? Testing the role of AI agent generated personas in humanitarian action
Eduardo Albrecht (2025). Does the United Nations need agents? Testing the role of AI agent generated personas in humanitarian action. United Nations University.
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Author Eduardo Albrecht Title Does the United Nations need agents? Testing the role of AI agent generated personas in humanitarian action Publication Date 2025-05-15 Place of Publication New York Publisher United Nations University Pages 19 Language eng Abstract This paper illustrates a case study with two AI agent generated persona systems, one called “Ask Amina” and the other “Ask Abdalla.” The first is designed to create an accurate digital representation of a refugee living in a camp in Chad. The second creates a digital replica of a combatant leader in the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a group active in the southeastern part of Sudan from which many refugees are fleeing. Both systems combine digital avatars with large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and AI agent curated knowledge bases specifically designed to maximize the representativeness of each persona. Copyright Holder United Nations University Copyright Year 2025 Copyright type Creative commons ISBN 9789280866483 -
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