Polysemanticity w/ Dr. Darryl Wright

Jan 22, 2024·
Into AI Safety
Into AI Safety
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Darryl and I discuss his background, how he became interested in machine learning, and a project we are currently working on investigating the penalization of polysemanticity during the training of neural networks.
Polysemanticity Research Diagram, Jacob Haimes
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Chapters

01:46 ❙ Interview begins
02:14 ❙ Supernovae classification
08:58 ❙ Penalizing polysemanticity
20:58 ❙ Our "toy model"
30:06 ❙ Task description
32:47 ❙ Addressing hurdles
39:20 ❙ Lessons learned

Links to all articles/papers which are mentioned throughout the episode can be found below, in order of their appearance.