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Erica Cau

@ericacau.bsky.social

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✏️ PhD student @unipisa | KDDLab @ ISTI-CNR 👩🏻‍🔬 Biases in LLMs | social network polarization 🔮 Sometimes OC artist at @lyereth.bksy.social Profile pic by me :)

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NetPlace @netplace.bsky.social · 10d

Our fall seminar series begins this Thursday, Oct. 2 (4pm UTC+1/11am EDT) with a talk by Elena Candellone. She’ll be speaking about “Mapping extreme users through negative ties in online social interactions”, followed by a discussion on “the joy of planning scientific events”.

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Erica Cau @ericacau.bsky.social · Aug 18

New paper @ EPJ Data Science 🔎

Together with @vpansanella.bsky.social and @giuliorossetti.bsky.social we discovered that #LLM agents converge toward agreement not through sycophancy or blind
conformity, but via a structured and asymmetric persuasion process.

Read more👇

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Selective agreement, not sycophancy: investigating opinion dynamics in LLM interactions - EPJ Data Science

Understanding how opinions evolve is essential for addressing phenomena such as polarization, radicalization, and consensus formation. In this work, we investigate how language shapes opinion dynamics...

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Nicholas Landry @nwlandry.bsky.social · Jun 6

Last dinner at NetSci 😊😥

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Complexity Cat 🐱 @amahury.bsky.social · Jun 5

We just had @ericacau.bsky.social at the Dynamics session proposing a framework for allowing complex simulations with Large Language Model agents in order to study opinion evolution, overcoming previous limitations using simpler agent based models.

#NetSci2025

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Erica Cau @ericacau.bsky.social · Dec 10

First day of #complexnetworks2024 🔍

Today, I presented our work (@andreajpg.bsky.social @giuliorossetti.bsky.social) Bots of a Feather: Mixing Biases in LLMs' Opinion Dynamics✨

#cna2024 #cna #networks

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Erica Cau @ericacau.bsky.social · Dec 10

Ready? Ready!

#complexnetwoks2024

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MT Group at FBK @fbk-mt.bsky.social · Dec 5

Today @luisabentivogli.bsky.social, Dennis Fucci, and @apierg.bsky.social presented a research communication about gender-neutral translation in the morning poster session #CLiCit2024 #NLProc

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Saint of the Obedient and Bloodied @smaelstrom.bsky.social · Dec 2

Good news everyone I made the alternative forms too

#art #originalcharacter #dndart

A tiefling and an aasimar, they look the same, same skin, hair color and texture but the aasimar has a short curly bob and the tiefling a mohawk. The tiefling's horn (the other one is broken) and tail look like they're molten magma, the aasimar has little light blue wings at the side of their head and a small star circling his head like a halo. They're wearing the same colors but the aasimar has a long dress with armor and the tiefling more revealing skin tight clothes. The tief also has scars all over and a bit of stubble. Text under the aasimar reads "twilight cleric" and under the tiefling "warlock/paladin"

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Saint of the Obedient and Bloodied @smaelstrom.bsky.social · Dec 2

"I need to redesign Sepi's alternative forms"
-> draws normal Sepi again

#art #originalcharacter #dndart

Four drawings of the same character in the same pose, he's an elf with tan skin and long curly reddish brown hair. He's smiling and posing. The four fits are various gester/clown outfits in the same four colors (yellow, light blue, and a dark and lighter wine tones)

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R. Riekkinen ✦ @artvaris.bsky.social · Nov 24

Practice sketch

A black and white drawing/sketch of a character with long dark hair.

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Blazemalefica @blazemalefica.bsky.social · Nov 23

the dragon and the albatross
#ocart

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Spooky Saba 🏳️‍🌈 @ace-of-dragons.bsky.social · Nov 14

just finished revamping and reorganising these starter packs! 🩷

as always, lmk if you'd like to be added/removed 🩷

OC Artists Under 100:
go.bsky.app/6LGDx5g

OC Artists Under 200:
go.bsky.app/AKi8zBo

OC Artists Under 300:
go.bsky.app/mMrUwG

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Wren/Sylv ✨ @sylvjester.bsky.social · Nov 20

he’s coming along nicely 😈 #dndart #ttrpg

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Saint of the Obedient and Bloodied @smaelstrom.bsky.social · Nov 15

Continuing my art dump to try and catch up to other socials here are my #artfight from this year
I'm sad I wasn't able to do more but I'm happy with how they turned out ✨

Zash is a young red tiefling with long dark hair in goddess braids. They have yellow eyes with black sclera and they're half facing away from the camera but turned to stick their tongue out and show the middle finger to the viewer

Roentgen is a man with yellowish skin, long white hair and three pairs of eyes. He's leaning back, propping his elbow up on a surface, the other hand is holding a glass of some alcoholic drink. He has neon green tear-like stains running down his face

A pink tiefling with a snapped horn is looking at the viewer with a smug expression, one hand propped under his chin. He has dark purple hair kept messy with a little braid in the back and he's wearing a crop top, pants, and a fingerless glove in various shades of wine, he also has a lot of good jewelry

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