BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Paris BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261025T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:CET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261010T083741Z UID:14A4DAAE-200C-4E13-97ED-47C76A401447 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261015T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261015T120000 DESCRIPTION:Titre : When Science Goes Viral: Informal Online Debate\, Disin formation\, and the Role of AI\n\npar Konstantin Todorov (LIRMM\, Universi té de Montpellier)\n\nRésumé : Scientific claims and informal discussi ons about science-related issues have proliferated across online platforms \, where they are increasingly mobilized within manipulative narratives an d disinformation campaigns. How\, why\, and when do people invoke science in online debates\; what intended or unintended effects do these practices produce? In this talk\, I consider these questions through the lens of ho w scientific discourse is used—or instrumentalized—to legitimize misle ading information and to insert potentially harmful narratives in social m edia. I then explore how artificial intelligence\, and in particular trans former-based language models\, can contribute to identifying and counterin g such dynamics\, rather than amplifying them. I conclude by turning to th e role of emotions and affective language in scientific disinformation\, a nd by discussing the challenges that emotionally charged discourse poses f or current state-of-the-art models.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Séminaires LFI\, LIP6\n\nSpeaker(s): Konstantin Todorov\n\nRoom: 105\, couloir 25-26\, 1er étage\, Bldg: LIP6\, Sorbonne Université\, 4 place Jussieu\, Paris\, Ile -de-France\, France\, 75005\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/58 4023 LOCATION:Room: 105\, couloir 25-26\, 1er étage\, Bldg: LIP6\, Sorbonne Uni versité\, 4 place Jussieu\, Paris\, Ile-de-France\, France\, 75005\, Virt ual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/584023 ORGANIZER:bernadette.bouchon-meunier@lip6.fr SEQUENCE:17 SUMMARY:Seminar: "When Science Goes Viral: Informal Online Debate\, Disinfo rmation\, and the Role of AI" URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/584023 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>Titre :</strong> When Science Goes Viral: Informal Online Debate\, Disinformation\, and the Role of AI</p>\n <p>par &nbsp\; Konstantin Todorov (LIRMM\, Universit&eacute\; de Montpelli er)</p>\n<p><br><strong>R&eacute\;sum&eacute\; :&nbsp\;</strong> Scientifi c claims and informal discussions about science-related issues have prolif erated across online platforms\, where they are increasingly mobilized wit hin manipulative narratives and disinformation campaigns. How\, why\, and when do people invoke science in online debates\; what intended or uninten ded effects do these practices produce? In this talk\, I consider these qu estions through the lens of how scientific discourse is used&mdash\;or ins trumentalized&mdash\;to legitimize misleading information and to insert po tentially harmful narratives in social media. I then explore how artificia l intelligence\, and in particular transformer-based language models\, can contribute to identifying and countering such dynamics\, rather than ampl ifying them. I conclude by turning to the role of emotions and affective l anguage in scientific disinformation\, and by discussing the challenges th at emotionally charged discourse poses for current state-of-the-art models .</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR