Alignment paper: Finding low-dimensional structure in model behavior
gleech · x · 2026-08-22
David Africa and Geoffrey Irving argue on Resolution that the key to alignment lies in discovering and controlling the low-dimensional structure emerging during pretraining. They cite literature on 'emergent misalignment' and 'subliminal learning' to show that intervening on one behavioral dimension has strong downstream effects on others, suggesting a path for systematic intervention without accidentally hiding undesirable behaviors.
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