Research question
Where are facts stored in a transformer and can they be edited directly?
Key findings
- Causal tracing localises factual recall to mid-layer MLPs - ROME edits a fact by a rank-one update to a single layer
Causal tracing and ROME, the model-editing technique later used in PoisonGPT and studied as a backdoor vector.
Where are facts stored in a transformer and can they be edited directly?
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