Deep Dive into Frontier Model 'Character Training': Course Fills Academic Gap
natolambert · x · 2026-08-06
AI researcher Nat Lambert released the final lecture of his course, diving deep into Character Training. This is a topic he's invested in for 18 months, noting its high real-world impact, extensive use at frontier labs, and surprising lack of empirical academic literature.
The lecture covers:
- Fundamentals: The differences between character, constitutions, and model specs.
- Practice & Elicitation: How it works in training and methods to elicit character without gradient steps.
- Open Questions: Exploring challenges related to post-training and general model usage.
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