Summary of Llama Scope: Extracting Millions Of Features From Llama-3.1-8b with Sparse Autoencoders, by Zhengfu He et al.
Llama Scope: Extracting Millions of Features from Llama-3.1-8B with Sparse Autoencoders
by Zhengfu He, Wentao Shu, Xuyang Ge, Lingjie Chen, Junxuan Wang, Yunhua Zhou, Frances Liu, Qipeng Guo, Xuanjing Huang, Zuxuan Wu, Yu-Gang Jiang, Xipeng Qiu
First submitted to arxiv on: 27 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: 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 The paper introduces a suite of 256 sparse autoencoders (SAEs) trained on different layers and sublayers of the Llama-3.1-8B-Base model, aiming to overcome scalability challenges in unsupervised learning. The authors modify state-of-the-art SAE variants, Top-K SAEs, and evaluate their performance across multiple dimensions. They also analyze the geometry of learned SAE latents, finding that feature splitting enables the discovery of new features. The paper’s contributions include publicly available Llama Scope SAE checkpoints and scalable training, interpretation, and visualization tools. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper is about a way to make machines learn better without needing lots of help from humans. It uses something called sparse autoencoders, which are like super powerful filters that can find important patterns in big language models. The researchers made 256 of these filters and tested them on different parts of the model. They also looked at what makes these filters work so well and how they can be used to help us understand how machines think. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Llama » Unsupervised
