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Thinking Through Signs: PEEL as a Semiotic Scaffolding for Epistemically Accountable AI-Enabled Research

arXiv CS Thursday 04 June 2026, 04:00 UTC By Clarisse de Souza, Gabriel Barbosa, Simone Diniz Junqueira Barbosa, B\'arbara Betts, Renato Cerqueira, Juliana Jansen Ferreira 1 min read
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arXiv:2606.04152v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language models are reshaping research practice while quietly eroding researchers epistemic accountability. This commentary introduces PEEL - Protocols for Epistemically Engaged Literacy in AI, a working scaffolding that combines deterministic distant reading via Voyant Tools with LLM interpretation via Claude, grounded in Peircean semiotics and abductive reasoning.

arXiv:2606.04152v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large language models are reshaping research practice while quietly eroding researchers epistemic accountability. This commentary introduces PEEL - Protocols for Epistemically Engaged Literacy in AI, a working scaffolding that combines deterministic distant reading via Voyant Tools with LLM interpretation via Claude, grounded in Peircean semiotics and abductive reasoning. Applied to AI-generated condensations of three source texts, PEEL reveals systematic distortions in quantity, term frequency, and epistemic voice that are invisible without non-AI measurement -- and yields three design implications: deterministic instruments must accompany AI tools; fluency is not fidelity; epistemic authority must be designed in, not assumed.
Epistemically Accountable AI-Enabled Research arXiv:2606.04152v1 (ORG) LLM (ORG) Claude (PERSON) Peircean (LOCATION)
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