Release Strategies and the Social Impacts of Language Models
It addresses misuse concerns for AI developers and policymakers, but is incremental as it builds on existing safety discussions.
The report discusses OpenAI's staged release strategy for GPT-2, allowing time for risk and benefit analyses as model sizes increased, and provides recommendations for better coordination and responsible publication in AI.
Large language models have a range of beneficial uses: they can assist in prose, poetry, and programming; analyze dataset biases; and more. However, their flexibility and generative capabilities also raise misuse concerns. This report discusses OpenAI's work related to the release of its GPT-2 language model. It discusses staged release, which allows time between model releases to conduct risk and benefit analyses as model sizes increased. It also discusses ongoing partnership-based research and provides recommendations for better coordination and responsible publication in AI.