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Ex-OpenAI team unveils tool to check AI model name recognition

A new project called "Are you in the weights?" allows users to input a name and see how prominently it is recognized within the weights of common AI models. Developed by former OpenAI employees Dimson and Flynn, the tool aims to visualize whose existence is encoded into AI systems and, conversely, whose is not. The project is described as both fun and unsettling, prompting questions about its potential as a new metric in the AI landscape. AI

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Ex-OpenAI team unveils tool to check AI model name recognition

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Are you in the weights? 🤔 A fun and slightly unsettling project by Dimson & Flynn (both ex-OpenAI): type in a name and see how strongly common AI models recogni

    Are you in the weights? 🤔 A fun and slightly unsettling project by Dimson & Flynn (both ex-OpenAI): type in a name and see how strongly common AI models recognize it. No web search, just what's baked into the model weights. Apparently I'm top 7%, unsure what to think about this 😂…