Debate: are abliterated models causing more critical vulns, or just democratizing their discovery?
max_paperclips · x · 2026-10-23
A debate over "abliterated" (safeguard-removed) models:
- @deedydas argues the proliferation of abliterated models is a key driver of critical vulnerabilities — an abliterated GLM 5.3, a near-frontier model, is available today and works as a world-class penetration tester for $10
- @irldanB pushes back on the wording: vulnerabilities are being found, not created — they've always existed, previously accessible only to those with means; now ordinary people can find and patch them too
The core question: do abliterated models expand the attack surface, or merely democratize security research (and attack) capability?
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