Equation 3 · Part 6 · How AI Security Defenses Actually Work
subscript
subscript
What this part means
The lower label selects a particular version, component, or indexed member of the quantity. For example, x₀ and xₜ can be values at different positions.
Its job in the formula
A subscript distinguishes a version, component, step, or member of a quantity. It does not automatically mean multiplication.
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The passage around this formula
The shared structural fact underneath both techniques, and the reason they are described here as one machine rather than two, is what a search process buys once it is automated rather than performed by hand. A single human red-teamer trying prompt variations by hand might realistically test dozens of candidates against a target in a working day. An automated pipeline built on either GCG- or PAIR-style search can attempt thousands of candidates against a running target in the same interval, entirely unattended. If a given search strategy succeeds against a defended target with independent per-attempt probability p , the probability that at least one of k automated attempts succeeds is…
Learn the underlying idea
A subscript is a label attached below a symbol. It often selects a time step, component, category, or member of a sequence.
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Sources cited in the surrounding passage
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