DevInterp is a python library for conducting research on developmental interpretability, a novel AI safety research agenda rooted in Singular Learning Theory (SLT). DevInterp proposes tools for detecting, locating, and ultimately controlling the development of structure over training.
Read more about developmental interpretability.
:warning: This library is still in early development. Don't expect things to work on a first attempt. We are actively working on improving the library and adding new features.
To install devinterp
, simply run pip install devinterp
. (Note: This has PyTorch as a dependency.)
from devinterp.slt.sampler import sample, LLCEstimator
from devinterp.optim import SGLD
from devinterp.utils import default_nbeta
# Assuming you have a PyTorch Model assigned to model, and DataLoader assigned to trainloader
llc_estimator = LLCEstimator(..., nbeta=default_nbeta(trainloader))
sample(model, trainloader, ..., callbacks = [llc_estimator])
llc_mean = llc_estimator.get_results()["llc/mean"]
To see DevInterp in action, check out our example notebooks:
For more advanced usage, see the Diagnostics notebook and for a quick guide on picking hyperparameters, see the Calibration notebook.
. Documentation can be found here.
For papers that either inspired or used the DevInterp package, click here.
If you run into issues not mentioned here, please first check the github issues, then ask in the DevInterp Discord, and only then make a new github issue.
See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines on how to contribute.
This package was created by Timaeus. The main contributors to this package are Stan van Wingerden, Jesse Hoogland, and George Wang. Zach Furman, Matthew Farrugia-Roberts, William Zhou, Rohan Hitchcock, and Edmund Lau also made valuable contributions or provided useful advice.
If this package was useful in your work, please cite it as:
@misc{devinterp2024,
title = {DevInterp},
author = {Stan van Wingerden, Jesse Hoogland, and George Wang},
year = {2024},
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/timaeus-research/devinterp}},
}