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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The process of uncensoring a large language model by modifying internal functions to eliminate refusal behaviors while preserving the remaining functions of the model. countable, neologism, uncountable

   "We applied abliteration to Daredevil-8B to uncensor it, which also degraded the model's performance."

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"We applied abliteration to Daredevil-8B to uncensor it, which also degraded the model's performance."

Etymology

Blend of ablate + obliteration, see abliterate.

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