Study: LLM Alignment May Trigger 'Kindling' Effect, Degrading Performance
A Scientific Reports study finds that LLM alignment training may induce a 'kindling' effect, shrinking the model's latent space geometry and cutting performance by up to 40%, with robustness weakening as training progresses.
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