Research we co-authored on subliminal learning—how LLMs can pass on traits like preferences or misalignment through hidden signals in data—was published today i... (opens in new tab)

Research we co-authored on subliminal learning—how LLMs can pass on traits like preferences or misalignment through hidden signals in data—was published today in @Nature. Read the paper: nature.com/articles/s41586-0… Owain Evans (@OwainEvans_UK) Our paper on Subliminal Learning was just published in Nature! Last July we released our preprint. It showed that LLMs can transmit traits (e.g. liking owls) through data that is unrelated to that trait (numbers that appear meaningless). What’s new?🧵 —