BWhat changed
Used activation differences elicited by contrasting prompts as inference-time steering vectors, showing selected changes to generated text without gradient-based fitting of the steering direction.
Scientific scope
Used activation differences elicited by contrasting prompts as inference-time steering vectors, showing selected changes to generated text without gradient-based fitting of the steering direction. No optimization of the vector does not mean no parameter selection or computational cost: layer and strength choices still matter and internal activation access is required. The demonstrated controls are not universal concept disentanglement.
Evidence
The linked original works support the scoped statement and contribution attribution. WRS has not independently replayed experiments or reconstructed a full mathematical proof. No optimization of the vector does not mean no parameter selection or computational cost: layer and strength choices still matter and internal activation access is required. The demonstrated controls are not universal concept disentanglement.
Contributors
- The named authors in the research record · SCIENCE: Source-listed authors for the exact contribution; experimental subjects are not autonomous scientific authors. Source support and predecessor work retain separate roles. Individual effort shares and unresolved identities are not inferred.
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