Summary of Logicbreaks: a Framework For Understanding Subversion Of Rule-based Inference, by Anton Xue et al.
Logicbreaks: A Framework for Understanding Subversion of Rule-based Inference
by Anton Xue, Avishree Khare, Rajeev Alur, Surbhi Goel, Eric Wong
First submitted to arxiv on: 21 Jun 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: Computation and Language (cs.CL); Cryptography and Security (cs.CR); 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 This paper delves into the world of large language models (LLMs) and their ability to follow rules. Specifically, it focuses on subverting these models from adhering to prompt-specified guidelines. To achieve this, the authors formalize rule-following as inference in propositional Horn logic, a mathematical framework that allows for the representation of rules in the form “if P and Q, then R”. They demonstrate that while small transformers can accurately follow rules, maliciously crafted prompts can still lead to misdirection in both theoretical constructions and models trained on data. Furthermore, they show that popular attack algorithms targeting LLMs can find adversarial prompts and induce attention patterns consistent with their theory. This novel logic-based approach provides a foundation for analyzing LLMs in rule-based settings, enabling the study of tasks such as logical reasoning and jailbreak attacks. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about making large language models follow rules correctly. It’s like trying to get a computer to solve puzzles or make smart decisions based on what you tell it. The researchers come up with a special way to understand how these models work and why they sometimes don’t do what we want them to. They show that even small computers can be trained to follow simple rules, but bad prompts can still trick the models into making mistakes. This new approach helps us understand how language models work in situations where following rules is important. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Attention » Inference » Prompt
