Figure 1
The flowchart shows three text boxes arranged in a horizontal series. Each text box comprises four smaller text boxes arranged in a vertical series. From left to right, the text boxes are titled as follows: Text box 1 is titled “Culture - Related A I Affordances”. From top to bottom, the smaller text boxes are labeled as follows: “Translation and Localization”, “Synthesis”, “Role-Play and Simulation”, and “Conversational Memory”. Text box 2 is titled “Mechanisms of A I-Mediated Acculturation”. From top to bottom, the smaller text boxes are labeled as follows: “Secondhand Acculturation”, “Algorithmic Cosmopolitanism”, “Curated Curiosity”, and “Control Illusion”. Text box 3 is titled “Paradoxes of A I-Mediated Acculturation”. From top to bottom, the smaller text boxes are labeled as follows: “Understanding - Authenticity”, “Connection-Resonance”, “Choice-Creativity”, and “Democratization-Dominance”.GenAI as a cultural intermediary. Source: Authors’ own work