Summary of R.i.p.: a Simple Black-box Attack on Continual Test-time Adaptation, by Trung-hieu Hoang et al.
R.I.P.: A Simple Black-box Attack on Continual Test-time Adaptation
by Trung-Hieu Hoang, Duc Minh Vo, Minh N. Do
First submitted to arxiv on: 2 Dec 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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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 theoretical model for test-time adaptation (TTA) in machine learning, which allows model parameters to change at test time via self-supervised learning on unlabeled testing data. However, this opens up vulnerabilities to degradation over time. The authors identify a risk in the sampling process of testing data that could easily degrade the performance of a continual TTA model, which they call Reusing of Incorrect Prediction (RIP). This is a black-box attack algorithm that can be employed by attackers or unintentionally by users. The paper benchmarks the performance of recent continual TTA approaches when facing the RIP attack, providing insights on its success and potential roadmaps for enhancing the resilience of future continual TTA systems. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This research paper looks at how machine learning models can adapt to new situations at test time, but it also finds a way that attackers could make the model worse over time. This is called Reusing of Incorrect Prediction (RIP) and it’s a problem because it doesn’t require any special knowledge or access. The researchers tested some recent approaches to this kind of adaptation and found out how well they hold up against this new attack. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Machine learning * Self supervised
