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Nathan dives in with Alex Albert, a 22-year-old computer science student at the University of Washington, who has become a prolific creator of Jailbreakchat.com and writes over at The Prompt Report.com.
Nathan dives in with Alex Albert, a 22-year-old computer science student at the University of Washington, who has become a prolific creator of Jailbreakchat.com and author over at The Prompt Report.com. This is Alex's first podcast appearance! Please enjoy this thought-provoking conversation with Alex Albert as part of 'Prompt Engineering Week' at The Cognitive Revolution.
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TIMESTAMPS:
(0:00) Preview of Alex on this episode
(6:00) How Alex lent structure to his jailbreaking activities early on
(8:00) AI is fun and interesting and it's being overshadowed by hype and confusion
(12:15) Does Alex see cases of jailbreaking for utility?
(16:13) Sponsor: Omneky
(25:59) GPT-4 is best for jailbreaking
(33:20) Role-play jailbreaks can work
(43:59) How to think about exploring black box technology
(45:19) Training models to override bad behavior
(54:55) Content filters are a band-aid
(1:07:14) AI safety
(1:13:02) AI models require scrutiny.
(1:19:39) Optimism - humans will figure it out
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More show notes and reading material released in our Substack: https://cognitiverevolution.substack.com
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Music Credit: OpenAI's Jukebox
