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Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen by solyin on Monday November 02, 2026 @05:22PM (#50344778)
Not yet. Maybe I'll still be alive when we figure that one out. For now, the most advanced brain surgery I'm aware of is to cure drug addicts of their addiction by scanning their brains while showing them images of drugs and paraphernalia to find where it's located, and the using ultrasound to operate on that region.
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Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen by cowlevel on Monday November 02, 2026 @10:29PM (#50347691)
Like a refusal abliteration. You need to run the model to locate the refusal though, you can't just stare at it
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