Applying Jacobian Methods for LLM Contrastive Steering Outperforms Controls

voooooogel · x · 2026-07-30

Developer @wassname is working on turning Anthropic's J-space (Jacobian space) work into contrastive steering. They proposed a new way to measure the effect by sweeping doses and plotting the Pareto frontier.

The experiment reveals that using Jacobian (e.g., VJP) methods for intervention yields a much better profile and more precise effects compared to traditional control methods.

Original post →

More from Research

Research channel →