“In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity” – Sun Tzu, The Art of War – 5th Century BCE Today marks a significant milestone in the AI as DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, announced the release of its revolutionary R1 Open-Source large language model (LLM) rivalling OpenAI’s ChatGPT. This DeepSeek RI model has been designed to excel in complex reasoning tasks, rivaling the performance of OpenAI’s latest models while reportedly being developed at a fraction of the training & implementation cost. It is being widely reported that this R1 LLM was trained with Reinforcement Learning (RL) for a
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Beware of Human-injected left-leaning bias emanating from AI Large Language Models (LLM) Outputs – RLHF technique could be the misused
In the realm of Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF) stands out as an innovative technique where human trainers play a crucial role in guiding the learning process of models. Unlike traditional reinforcement learning, which relies solely on pre-defined rewards, RLHF incorporates human judgment to shape the training environment. This method can have significant implications, especially when it comes to ensuring that models consistently favor certain outcomes over others. In this blog, we’ll delve into how trainers can influence models using RLHF, highlighting both the potential benefits and pitfalls. Human trainers can introduce biases, whether consciously or
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TikTok Takedown Order: National Security recommendations to prevent actionable surveillance of American Citizens by a Hostile Foreign Power (China)
(Uploaded 8/25/20) TikTok is a very popular app with over 1 Billion downloads, which translates to almost 1/7th of World Population. This app is very popular among youngsters here in the USA, just as it has taken the world by storm. TikTok like all other “free” social media platforms, treats its users as their product, their personal data as its currency, and their Business Model is predicated on trading one’s personal information to use these “free” services. The app’s privacy policy says TikTok “may share your information with a parent, subsidiary, or other affiliate of our corporate group” while
Well Played Mr. President!
Posted May 29, 2020 President Trump’s today issued an Executive Order to address the issue of “Online Censorship” by Social Media “Big Tech” companies. In our opinion, this is a great first step in enforcing “fairness” in Social Media content moderation. Section 230 of Communication Decency Act, also known as “Internet Law” provides a framework for Internet operation granting broad immunity to platforms (such as Twitter) that curate and moderate content from lawsuits. This protection is predicated on tech platforms operating in “good faith” failing which these entities lose their “legal immunity” making them open to litigation. However, in
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Big Tech Breakup – Considerations and Reality – Our Thoughts
Netflix is an amazing digital success story – starting out almost 15 years ago as a predominantly DVD subscription service, Netflix was able to pivot along the way and take advantage of rapidly evolving mobile technology and ever-improving internet speeds to become one of the largest video distribution networks on the planet. The success of Netflix is an excellent example of “creative destruction,” a term originated in the 1940s by economist Joseph Schumpeter, who described it as the “process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new