Ablating J-Space Preserves Performance but Kills Emotional Expression
mlpowered · x · 2026-07-07
Research shows that J-space represents a small fraction of model activations, and ablating it barely impacts most performance metrics. However, when queried about a character's experience in this ablated state, the model's responses become mechanical and cold, entirely losing emotional tone—indicating that J-space is deeply tied to processing subjective, emotional content.
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