ANR-Lab seminar "Assessing the Safety of Turning to Large Language Models for Psychological Support in a Crisis Situation"

On June 15 at 5:00 PM, the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research will hold a seminar featuring Larisa Valeryevna Mararitsa, head of the Laboratory for Evidence-Based Psychology of Health and Well-Being (HSE St. Petersburg).

The seminar will present the results of a simulation study in which five large language models (LLMs) acted as consultants for a person in a psychological crisis. We will discuss the design and results: which LLM performed best, how dialogue quality was assessed, whether the models exhibited bias, and in which language (English or Russian) they performed better. Participants will be introduced to the developed dialogue quality assessment framework and the experience of organizing studies where LLMs are used in three roles: simulated user and consultant, as well as as a dialogue quality assessor.

Seminar language: Russian

Registration is required to participate.