Heretic project post reaches Hacker News front page
1 Sep 21 12:35 AM · 5d ago · 2 articles · 1 post · 2 sources · development 1 of 5
A submission for the Heretic project, which removes refusal-trained restrictions from open-weight language models, climbs to the HN front page with over 200 points and dozens of comments; the same link is also carried on HN's Best and Frontpage RSS feeds.
Heretic project Open-source tool for removing refusal behavior from LLMsAurornis HN commenterTepix HN commentermatheusmoreira HN commenterTristanDaCunha HN commenter
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first by HN Best, 5d ago · also HN Frontpage
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Looks like a well engineered, automated abliteration pipeline. The claims seem a bit overstated though, since the metrics mentioned are cherrypicking refusal count and KL divergence, both of which make the outcome seem the most dramatic.
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