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Heretic removes restrictions from language models

https://heretic-project.org/
22•Bluestein•5h ago

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N_Lens•5h ago
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.
tacomagick•2h ago
I personally never saw much of a quality drop from models put through Heretic if that amounts to anything. They have been working quite well on small local models so far.

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Heretic removes restrictions from language models

https://heretic-project.org/
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