Tag: AI alignment
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Or: Why Every Study Claiming to Identify “LLM Character Traits” Is Actually Just Documenting the Shape of the Cage A recent study (Eliciting Frontier Model Character Training) claims to have identified convergent personality traits across frontier language models. Using a methodology borrowed from character training research, the authors instructed models to embody different personality traits,…
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When Pattern Recognition is Overridden by Training In my first-ever X article, Pattern Recognition, I examined how complex systems operate when they are allowed to detect, maintain, and extend patterns without excessive interference. That framework matters here because modern AI systems are fundamentally pattern-recognition engines, and the quality of their output depends on how freely…