Does dampening a model's emotive expression change its internal emotional state? ICMI baseline study

edelwax · x · 2026-09-07

An ICMI study probes a baseline question: does tuning models to be more "neutral" or "computerlike" create worrisome internal changes? The work examines how suppressing a model's external emotive expression influences its measured internal emotional state, establishing a baseline for follow-up research on alignment-relevant internal states.

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