IRIS Colloquium I Mara Seyfert: Uncertainty and robustness against persuasion in large language models

March 26, 2025, 2:00 p.m. (CET)

Our second colloquium this year will be held by Mara Seyfert. This is an open, university-internal event for students and interested parties.

Time: March 26, 2025, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Venue: Room 131 (UN 32.131), ground floor
Universitätsstr. 32 (entrance via Universitätsstr. 34)
Campus Vaihingen
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Today's large language models (LLMs) excel at providing convincing answers across a broad spectrum of inquiries, with their conversational capabilities enabling them to closely align with users' needs. However, this adaptability is beneficial only to the extent as models remain robust to adopting wrong statements from user inputs.
 
Recent research demonstrates that even advanced models like GPT-4 can shift from initially correct answers to incorrect ones during multi-turn conversations, solely due to user input. In my talk, I will present my research exploring how uncertainty in LLMs can provide insights into their robustness against persuasion, while highlighting the specific challenges of quantifying uncertainty in these models. 
 
The lecture is held in English.
 
Afterwards we invite you to a relaxed discussion over finger food and coffee.
[Picture: SRF IRIS / S. Brandes]

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