Goodfire
AI
sparse autoencoders
SHOW HN2024
How HN took it
3 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score -0.13.
Idea: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Zoomable UMAP visualisation is nice
From 1 comment
nice work. enjoyed the zoomable UMAP. i wonder if there are hparams to recluster the UMAP in interesting ways. after the idea that Claude 3.5 Sonnet used SAEs to improve its…
swyx on HN
OpenAI-compatible sampling API
From 1 comment
Should we expect the current API (https://docs.goodfire.ai/introduction) to be good for prod or is it for testing only? I see that the sampling API is OpenAI-compatible (nice!).…
detente18 on HN
Objections
Skepticism about generic sparsification efforts
From 1 comment
I am skeptical of generic sparsification efforts. After all, companies like Neural Magic spent years trying to make it work, only to pivot to 'vLLM' engine and be sold to Red Hat
owenthejumper on HN
Login issue: app logs out after first click
From 1 comment
The app keeps logging me out after first click. The tech seems to be intriguiging for me as a software engineer looking to get into custom llm stuff
Inviz on HN
Concern about sending data to a foreign service
From 1 comment
I wonder how many people or companies choose to send their data to foreign services for analysis. Personally, I would approach this with caution and am curious to see how this…
I_am_tiberius on HN
Requests
Native LiteLLM integration with a goodfire provider route
From 1 comment
Should we expect the current API (https://docs.goodfire.ai/introduction) to be good for prod or is it for testing only? I see that the sampling API is OpenAI-compatible (nice!).…
detente18 on HN
Try PaCMAP for the UMAP view
From 1 comment
I'd be really curious to see what happens if you use PaCMAP (https://jmlr.org/papers/volume22/20-1061/20-1061.pdf) and more recent large-scale variants…
bravura on HN
Questions
Is the API meant for production or testing only?
From 1 comment
Should we expect the current API (https://docs.goodfire.ai/introduction) to be good for prod or is it for testing only? I see that the sampling API is OpenAI-compatible (nice!).…
detente18 on HN
Any practical use of SAEs beyond Golden Gate Claude?
From 1 comment
nice work. enjoyed the zoomable UMAP. i wonder if there are hparams to recluster the UMAP in interesting ways. after the idea that Claude 3.5 Sonnet used SAEs to improve its…
swyx on HN
Alternatives named
Anthropic's SAE API
From 1 comment
nice work. enjoyed the zoomable UMAP. i wonder if there are hparams to recluster the UMAP in interesting ways. after the idea that Claude 3.5 Sonnet used SAEs to improve its…
swyx on HN