[Eoas-seminar] [Seminar-announce] Scientific Computing Colloquium with Thomas Stephan Juzek

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"From Preference Learning to Language Shifts: Quantifying the Bidirectional Interactions of Humans and Machines"

Thomas Stephan Juzek
Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics
Florida State University (FSU)

Please feel free to forward/share this invitation with other groups/disciplines that might be interested in this talk/topic. All are welcome to attend.

NOTE: In-person attendance is requested in our 499 Dirac Science Library (DSL) Seminar Room. Zoom access is intended for external (non-departmental) participants only.

https://fsu.zoom.us/j/94273595552
Meeting # 942 7359 5552

🎦 Colloquium recordings will be made available here, https://www.sc.fsu.edu/colloquium<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sc.fsu.edu%2Fcolloquium&data=05%7C02%7Csc-seminar-announce%40lists.fsu.edu%7C2394cd5b844f46a527d908de7de64307%7Ca36450ebdb0642a78d1b026719f701e3%7C0%7C0%7C639086625068610765%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Ci3z1%2BILEhCZo1886qKCEhxZQWyydlnPpSWgs5MFrVk%3D&reserved=0>


Wednesday, Mar 11, 2026, Schedule:

* 3:00 to 3:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
☕ Nespresso & Teatime - 417 DSL Commons

* 3:30 to 4:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
🕟 Colloquium - 499 DSL Seminar Room


Abstract:
This talk explores how human language and language produced by large language models diverge, and how they interact. First, model-agnostic diagnostics for identifying AI language behaviour are presented, by comparing paired human texts with matched AI outputs under the same conditions. Large-scale datasets are used, spanning 30+ languages. Second, analyses tracking change over time test the extent to which these AI-associated signals propagate into human communication, including news, academic writing, and unscripted speech. Cross-lingual homogenisation pressures are discussed. Finally, results comparing base and instruction-tuned models are used to assess how preference-based training may amplify word-choice biases, with validation from behavioural tasks. The talk concludes by outlining a planned ablation study to establish causal mechanisms linking preference learning to model behaviour.

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Additional colloquium details can be found here.
https://www.sc.fsu.edu/news-and-events/colloquium/1910-colloquium-with-thomas-stephan-juzek-2026-03-11<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sc.fsu.edu%2Fnews-and-events%2Fcolloquium%2F1910-colloquium-with-thomas-stephan-juzek-2026-03-11&data=05%7C02%7Csc-seminar-announce%40lists.fsu.edu%7C2394cd5b844f46a527d908de7de64307%7Ca36450ebdb0642a78d1b026719f701e3%7C0%7C0%7C639086625068643555%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=He4Iow2yqJ5FTktEWjth0AkIkNTtpTnT3rryjdIWmaw%3D&reserved=0>
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