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[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It’s true that each individual building block is easy to understand. It’s easy to trace each step.

The problem is that the model is like a 100 million line program with no descriptive variable names or any comments. All lines are heavily intertwined with each other. Changing a single line slightly can completely change the outcome of the program.

Imagine the worst code you’ve ever read and multiply it by a million.

It’s practically impossible to use traditional reverse engineering techniques to make sense of the AI models. There are some techniques to get a better understanding of how the models work, but it’s difficult to get a full understanding.