Abliterated low-refusal models are a literal capability advantage, argues researcher
generativist · x · 2026-10-25
An interesting competitive take: abliterated/low-refusal models, even lagging frontier by a few months on most dimensions, will do things frontier models won't — which is very literally a capability advantage.
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