Summary of Llmscan: Causal Scan For Llm Misbehavior Detection, by Mengdi Zhang et al.
LLMScan: Causal Scan for LLM Misbehavior Detection
by Mengdi Zhang, Kai Kiat Goh, Peixin Zhang, Jun Sun
First submitted to arxiv on: 22 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: Computation and Language (cs.CL); Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary LLMs have revolutionized many fields, but their potential to generate harmful responses poses significant risks. To combat this issue, we introduce LLMScan, an innovative technique that monitors LLMs using causality analysis. By analyzing the causal contributions of input tokens and transformer layers, LLMScan detects misbehavior by identifying distinct patterns in normal versus abnormal behavior. Our experiments demonstrate clear differences in causal distributions across various tasks and models, enabling accurate and lightweight detectors for misbehavior detection. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Imagine a super smart computer that can think and talk like humans. While this is amazing, it also means the computer can say things that are not true or harmful. To stop this from happening, scientists have created a new tool called LLMScan. It helps keep an eye on these computers by looking at how they work when they’re doing something bad versus when they’re being good. This tool is important because it can help us find and stop the computers from saying things that are not true or hurtful. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Transformer
