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Constitutional AI
An approach to developing AI systems that are guided by a set of explicit principles or "constitution" to ensure they behave ethically and safely, often without direct human feedback.
TECHNICAL DEFINITION
Constitutional AI is a method for aligning large language models (LLMs) with human values and safety principles by providing the model with a "constitution" of rules and principles, which it uses to self-critique and revise its own responses, often in a supervised learning or self-reinforcement learning framework, without direct human preference labeling.
BACKGROUND
A large language model (LLM) is a neural network trained on a vast amount of text for natural language processing tasks, especially language generation. LLMs can typically generate, summarize, translate, and analyze text in many contexts, and are a foundational technology behind modern chatbots. Biased or inaccurate training data can make an LLM's output less reliable.
READ MORE ON WIKIPEDIASYNONYMS & ALIASES
- Principle-guided AI
- Value-aligned AI
- Self-critiquing AI
- Ethical AI
USAGE NOTE
Constitutional AI is a promising direction for building safer and more responsible AI systems at scale.
DEVELOPERS
Organizations developing technology related to Constitutional AI.
Anthropic is the primary developer and popularizer of Constitutional AI, a method for aligning AI models by having them critique and revise their own outputs based on a set of ethical principles, without direct human feedback during the revision process.
Google DeepMind conducts extensive research into AI safety and alignment, developing techniques for large language models to self-correct and adhere to specified principles, which shares conceptual ground with Constitutional AI's aim for principle-based self-governance.
OpenAI is a leading AI research and deployment company that develops methods for aligning large language models with human values and intentions, often employing iterative refinement and AI feedback mechanisms that are conceptually related to Constitutional AI's approach to creating helpful and harmless AI.
Meta AI focuses on responsible AI development and research, including methodologies for guiding AI models toward ethical and safe outputs. Their work on aligning AI with human values and incorporating feedback mechanisms aligns with the broader goals and principles behind Constitutional AI.
Microsoft Research is deeply involved in AI development and safety, exploring various approaches to AI alignment, ethics, and trustworthiness. Their research includes investigating methods for AI models to self-regulate and adhere to guiding principles, drawing parallels to the core ideas of Constitutional AI.