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We talk about LLMs gaining knowledge, but what about personality?
Turns out, models don’t just learn facts. They can pick up traits like cheerfulness, stubbornness… even sycophancy.
And fine-tuning can amplify these behaviours quietly
Recently, researchers introduced “Persona vectors” – numerical patterns inside an LLM that correspond to traits like evil, sycophancy, or hallucination.
Think of these vectors as “knobs”. Turn them up, a trait grows. Turn them down, it fades.
Now, this actually could be a big step forward.
Because, LLM personality isn’t a by-product anymore. It’s something we can observe and control.
This opens the door to:
– Safer conversational AI
– Predictable fine-tuning outcomes
– Guardrails against hallucination + sycophancy
– Customizable AI personalities (responsibly!)
Basically, high level personality behaviour is no longer mysterious… it’s editable.
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