OpenAI research aims to make AI models more transparent and less mysterious
From Wired: 2024-06-06 13:45:55
Former employees of OpenAI have criticized the company for taking risks with potentially harmful AI technology. OpenAI responded with a new research paper aiming to make its models more explainable and address AI risk. The research, conducted by a disbanded team at OpenAI, sheds light on the company’s efforts and recent turmoil.
The new paper focuses on understanding how the AI model behind ChatGPT stores concepts, including those that could lead to problematic behavior. OpenAI researchers, including former leaders who have left the company, worked on this project. The goal is to make AI models more transparent and less mysterious in their decision-making processes.
ChatGPT, powered by GPT models, utilizes artificial neural networks to process and generate responses. These networks are complex and difficult to understand, making it challenging to decipher the reasoning behind AI decisions. OpenAI’s latest work aims to demystify these networks and identify patterns representing specific concepts within them.
By refining the methods to analyze AI systems, OpenAI can make progress in understanding how these models work. The company’s new technique has been successfully applied to GPT-4, one of its advanced AI models. OpenAI has also released code and visualization tools to aid in interpreting AI behavior, potentially leading to the ability to modify or steer AI systems towards specific outcomes.
Read more at Wired: OpenAI Offers a Peek Inside the Guts of ChatGPT