Summary of Inversionview: a General-purpose Method For Reading Information From Neural Activations, by Xinting Huang et al.
InversionView: A General-Purpose Method for Reading Information from Neural Activations
by Xinting Huang, Madhur Panwar, Navin Goyal, Michael Hahn
First submitted to arxiv on: 27 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computation and Language (cs.CL)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A novel approach to understanding neural networks is proposed in this paper, which focuses on deciphering the information encoded in neural activations. The authors argue that this information can be embodied by the subset of inputs that give rise to similar activations. They introduce InversionView, a technique that allows for practical inspection of this subset by sampling from a trained decoder model conditioned on activations. This helps uncover the information content of activation vectors and facilitates understanding of algorithms implemented by transformer models. The authors present four case studies investigating models ranging from small transformers to GPT-2, demonstrating that InversionView can reveal clear information contained in activations, including basic token context, token counts, relative positions, and abstract knowledge about subjects. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary In this paper, researchers try to figure out what’s inside neural networks. They think the answer lies in the patterns of activity in the network. The authors develop a new way to look at these patterns, called InversionView. This method helps us understand what information is stored in the patterns and how it relates to what we want the network to do. The paper shows that this approach can help us learn more about transformer models, like GPT-2. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Decoder » Gpt » Token » Transformer
