AI Output Impact Modeling for Social Network Effect Prediction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing technologies lack robust forecasting tools to accurately model the potential consequences of artificial intelligence (AI) systems on social networks, leading to unpredictable and cascading impacts that organizations and societies struggle to prepare for.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method using latent class analysis and knowledge graph theory to simulate and categorize the effects of AI model outputs on social networks by analyzing metadata and model layer results, providing impact predictions and real-time alerts.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If traditional predictive models are used to forecast AI impacts on social networks, then the model structure is simple and easy to implement, but the prediction accuracy is low and cannot capture complex social dynamics

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprediction accuracyVSAvoidmodel complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the social network into discrete actors (individuals, groups, organizations) and models their interactions through structured relationships. This segmentation allows the complex social system to be analyzed through manageable components while maintaining prediction accuracy through latent class analysis of segmented actor metadata.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary predictive modeling layer that sits between AI outputs and social network effects. This intermediary model uses latent class analysis and structured actor relationships to translate complex AI impacts into predictable social outcomes, bridging the gap between simple input-output models and complex social dynamics.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If complex models are developed to capture dynamic social environments, then the prediction accuracy improves, but the models become unstable and difficult to maintain

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprediction accuracyVSAvoidmodel stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamics by allowing the predictive model to adapt to changing social environments through latent class analysis. The model structure remains stable while the latent classes and their probabilities are dynamically updated based on new data, enabling the system to capture evolving social dynamics without requiring complete model restructuring.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses parameter changes through latent class probabilities to capture social dynamics. Rather than changing the fundamental model structure, the system adjusts the probability distributions across latent classes based on observed social patterns, maintaining model stability while improving prediction accuracy for dynamic environments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Productivity

If AI systems are deployed without impact forecasting, then implementation speed is fast and deployment is simple, but unforeseen cascading effects occur that are difficult to manage

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedeployment speedVSAvoidimpact predictability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by performing impact forecasting before AI system deployment. The predictive modeling framework analyzes potential social effects in advance by simulating AI outputs through the social network structure, allowing organizations to identify and mitigate risks before deployment while maintaining relatively fast implementation through automated analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

4Measurement precision

If comprehensive analysis of all social network actors is performed, then the completeness of impact assessment is high, but the computational resources and time required increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveassessment completenessVSAvoidanalysis time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and focuses analysis on key actors and relationships within the social network using latent class analysis. By identifying the most influential actors and their critical relationships, the system achieves comprehensive impact assessment for relevant portions of the network without requiring exhaustive analysis of every actor, significantly reducing computation time while maintaining assessment completeness for high-impact areas.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS20250363569A1Determining effects of artificial intelligence outputs on social networks
Publication Date: 2025.11.27 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
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AI summary

A computer-implemented method for determining effects of artificial intelligence model outputs on a social network. The method includes generating related target features of an artificial intelligence model, and simulating outputs of the artificial intelligence model using model layer results. The method may also analyze metadata of actors of the social network. The method may use latent class analysis of the related target features, the simulated outputs, and the metadata of the social network actors to categorize predicted effects of outputs of the artificial intelligence model on actors of the social network based on a joint probability distribution between classes of the metadata of the actor and context classes of the target features of the outputs. The method may output categories of the predicted effects of the outputs on the social network actors.