5 papers
Toward a Graded Measure of Belief Stability in Large Language Models
Samantha Dies, Branden Fitelson, Tina Eliassi-Rad
Large language models (LLMs) increasingly mediate how people access and reason with information, yet factual reliability is usually evaluated one judgment at a time. We introduce g…
Belief Coevolution in a Social Network of Generalist and Specialist Large Language Models: A Controlled Study
Germans Savcisens, Samantha Dies, Courtney Maynard +1
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly deployed in multi-agent environments. However, the processes by which beliefs form and propagate among interacting LLMs remain poorly…
Epistemic Familiarity is Associated With Belief Stability in Large Language Models
Samantha Dies, Courtney Maynard, Germans Savcisens +1
Large language models (LLMs) are widely used as information sources, yet small changes in semantic assumptions can destabilize their beliefs. We introduce P-StaT (Perturbation Stab…
Effects of higher-order interactions and homophily on information access inequality
Moritz Laber, Samantha Dies, Joseph Ehlert +2
The spread of information through socio-technical systems determines which individuals are the first to gain access to opportunities and insights. Yet, the pathways through which i…
The overlooked need for Ethics in Complexity Science: Why it matters
Olumide Adisa, Enio Alterman Blay, Yasaman Asgari +5
Complexity science, despite its broad scope and potential impact, has not kept pace with fields like artificial intelligence, biotechnology and social sciences in addressing ethica…