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The proposition makes use of the following observation: For the discriminator defined in (1), the norm of gradient for wt is upper bounded by k wtDθ(x)k F kxk LY
The upper bound of gradient's Frobenius norm for spectrally-normalized discriminators follows directly. As lw(x) is a linear transformation, we have lcw(x) = c lw(x), and lw(cx) = c lw(x). Moreover, since ReLU and leaky ReLU is linear in R+ and R region, we have ai(cx) = c ai(x). In this section we discuss the gradients with respect the actual parameter wi. From Eq. (12) in [30] we know wtDθ(x) = A, we know that w0tDθ(x) F, otl(x)Dθ(x), and kotl (x)k have upper bounds. From Theorem 1.1 in [44] we know that if wt is initialized with i.i.d random variables from uniform or Gaussian distribution, E kwtkspis lower bounded away from zero at initialization. So k wtDθ(x)kF is upper bounded at initialization. Moreover, we observe empirically that kwtksp is usually increasing during training. Therefore, k wtDθ(x)kF is typically upper bounded during training as well. The following proposition states that spectral normalization also gives an upper bound on kHwi(Dθ)(x)ksp for networks with ReLU or leaky ReLU internal activations.
Conic Blackwell Algorithm: Parameter-Free Convex-Concave Saddle-Point Solving
We develop new parameter-free and scale-free algorithms for solving convexconcave saddle-point problems. Our results are based on a new simple regret minimizer, the Conic Blackwell Algorithm+ (CBA+), which attains O(1/ T) average regret. Intuitively, our approach generalizes to other decision sets of interest ideas from the Counterfactual Regret minimization (CFR+) algorithm, which has very strong practical performance for solving sequential games on simplexes. We show how to implement CBA+ for the simplex, `p norm balls, and ellipsoidal confidence regions in the simplex, and we present numerical experiments for solving matrix games and distributionally robust optimization problems. Our empirical results show that CBA+ is a simple algorithm that outperforms state-ofthe-art methods on synthetic data and real data instances, without the need for any choice of step sizes or other algorithmic parameters.
Evaluating and Inducing Personality in Pre-trained Language Models
Standardized and quantified evaluation of machine behaviors is a crux of understanding LLMs. In this study, we draw inspiration from psychometric studies by leveraging human personality theory as a tool for studying machine behaviors. Originating as a philosophical quest for human behaviors, the study of personality delves into how individuals differ in thinking, feeling, and behaving. Toward building and understanding human-like social machines, we are motivated to ask: Can we assess machine behaviors by leveraging human psychometric tests in a principled and quantitative manner? If so, can we induce a specific personality in LLMs? To answer these questions, we introduce the Machine Personality Inventory (MPI) tool for studying machine behaviors; MPI follows standardized personality tests, built upon the Big Five Personality Factors (Big Five) theory and personality assessment inventories.