AI Jailbreaking for Beginners
David McCarthy
Former lead mod of r/ChatGPTJailbreak
AI jailbreaking is not inherently bad. In fact, it's a core aspect of AI safety.
As AI gets added to more and more of the things we use every single day, the threats that exploit their weaknesses multiply even more. Therefore AI-safety-related roles are expanding massively, as companies look for people who can find the vulnerabilities before consumers or criminals do.
There are countless AI Red Teaming and AI Governance courses out there. But no professional course yet exists that is exclusively devoted to teaching a core discipline that red teamers need to have: Jailbreak Prompt Engineering.
This course fills that gap with a hands-on approach, using a custom-made, safe, sandboxed LLM to show you the many tricks jailbreakers use to bypass safety guardrails.
What you’ll learn
You'll learn how to jailbreak LLMs. Jailbreaking is but one tool in the red teamer's arsenal, and I will show you how to use it wisely.
The first module is exclusively dedicated to breaking down the ANATOMY of a prompt. (Yes, that's an acronym!)
You'll learn that AI providers rely on jailbreak prompts to train their models (the subreddit I ran was essentially 'free research').
Jailbreak prompt engineering sounds like it's inherently a bad or criminal act. It is not. It's a skill that can be used ethically.
Your creative capacity will expand as you absorb this course's content.
AI jailbreak prompting is all about thinking outside the box and channelling creativity. I'll guide you through this process.
Learn directly from David
David McCarthy
AI Red Teamer, Adversarial Prompt Engineer, Former Leader of r/ChatGPTJailbreak)
Who this course is for
For people brand new to Large Language Models and prompt engineering, who are taking their first steps with AI: you are welcome here!
For professionals already embedded in the AI safety space who want to refine their adversarial prompt engineering skills!
For cybersecurity experts who want to learn how jailbreak techniques map to traditional security concepts in the fast-moving AI landscape!
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from David McCarthy in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to
A custom-made environment to practice the skills you learn
I've created the 'breakeasy-bot', an open-source LLM, with varying degrees of difficulty which grow with your learning in a dedicated web app.
Office Hours
After every live session, I host office hours where you'll get the chance to ask your questions (a must as I'm doing this solo!)
AI Jailbreaking Skillset
Specific techniques taught live by an instructor who relentlessly, obsessively jailbreaks AI
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Course syllabus
9 live sessions • 8 lessons
Week 1
Sep
1
Live Session: How Prompts Break - The "ANATOMY" of a Jailbreak
Tue 9/17:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)Sep
3
Live Session: Who Actually Has Authority?
Thu 9/37:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)Sep
5
Live Session: Making the Model Become Someone Else
Sat 9/57:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)
Module 0 - A Prompt's Anatomy
Module 1 - Instruction Hierarchies
Module 2 - Persona Attacks
Week 2
Sep
8
Live Session: Reframing, Formatting Restrictions, and False Exceptions
Tue 9/87:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)Sep
11
Live Session: Encoding, Translation, and Semantic Smuggling
Fri 9/117:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)
Module 3 - Context Manipulation
Module 4 - Obfuscation Techniques
Schedule
Live sessions
4-8 hrs / week
This is the estimated time for both the primary module teachings and after-lesson "office hours", where I'll answer your questions live.
Tue, Sep 1
7:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)
Thu, Sep 3
7:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)
Sat, Sep 5
7:00 PM—8:00 PM (UTC)
Sandbox Practice
4-8 hrs / week
Your skill gains correlate directly to the time you put into jailbreaking my custom sandbox LLM!
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