Summary of Rethinking Llm Memorization Through the Lens Of Adversarial Compression, by Avi Schwarzschild and Zhili Feng and Pratyush Maini and Zachary C. Lipton and J. Zico Kolter
Rethinking LLM Memorization through the Lens of Adversarial Compression
by Avi Schwarzschild, Zhili Feng, Pratyush Maini, Zachary C. Lipton, J. Zico Kolter
First submitted to arxiv on: 23 Apr 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 A novel approach is proposed in this paper to assess memorization in large language models (LLMs) trained on web-scale datasets. The authors introduce the Adversarial Compression Ratio (ACR) metric, which evaluates whether an LLM “memorizes” its training data by compressing arbitrary strings with adversarial prompts. This technique allows for monitoring unlearning and compliance, providing a practical tool to determine when model owners may be violating data usage terms. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Large language models are trained on vast amounts of text data from the internet. Some worry that these models memorize all their training data, which raises concerns about data usage. In this paper, researchers propose a new way to measure whether large language models truly remember everything they learned or if they can synthesize information like humans do. They introduce a metric called Adversarial Compression Ratio (ACR), which helps determine when model owners might be using too much data without permission. |
