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GELU, MMLU, & X-Risk Defense in Depth, with the Great Dan Hendrycks

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Oct 19, 2024
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Dan Hendrycks
Dan Hendrycks, Executive Director of the Center for AI Safety and advisor to Elon Musk's XAI, dives into the critical realm of AI safety. He discusses innovative activation functions like GELU and highlights pivotal benchmarks such as MMLU. Dan emphasizes the need for robust strategies against adversarial threats and the ethical dimensions of AI development. He also sheds light on the impact of geopolitical dynamics on AI forecasting and warns about potential risks, advocating for a collaborative approach to ensure safe AI advancements.
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ANECDOTE

Initial MMLU Reception

  • Initially, NLP researchers didn't like the MMLU benchmark.
  • They thought it'd incentivize memorization over linguistic understanding.
INSIGHT

MMLU Benchmark Design

  • MMLU benchmark questions were designed to be harder than typical linguistic understanding tests.
  • It aims to assess knowledge and skills across diverse subjects, similar to an undergraduate exam.
INSIGHT

LLM Robustness

  • Jailbreak robustness in LLMs appears to be improving due to algorithmic advances, not just scaling.
  • Circuit breakers enhance reliability, potentially mitigating vulnerabilities in multimodal agents.
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