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Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen by im3w1l on Monday November 02, 2026 @03:34PM (#50343330)
Of course they try train their models on these techniques. Finding success is still news.
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Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen by fmbb on Monday November 02, 2026 @03:52PM (#50343543)
Why?

How is this different from other things LLMs are trained to manipulate?

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Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen by zardo on Monday November 02, 2026 @04:15PM (#50343869)
If it's new it's news.
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Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen by im3w1l on Monday November 02, 2026 @05:08PM (#50344576)
We aren't fully at AGI yet, even though it's starting to get damn close. So every new capability is in some sense unexpected.
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