John Schulman: Forensics for Model Training Data and Backdoors Understudied

johnschulman2 · x · 2026-07-27

John Schulman points out that while model weights alone don't reveal training data, methods, or potential backdoors, it's possible to perform extensive forensics to figure these things out. He notes that this forensic problem is currently under-studied.

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