abliteration_metadata.json

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  "references": [
    "Arditi et al., Refusal in Language Models Is Mediated by a Single Direction (NeurIPS 2024)",
    "Gabliteration: SVD-based multi-direction extraction (arXiv:2512.18901)",
    "Norm-Preserving Biprojected Abliteration (grimjim, 2025)",
    "Young, Comparative Analysis of LLM Abliteration Methods (arXiv:2512.13655)",
    "Joad et al., More to Refusal than a Single Direction (2026)",
    "Piras et al., SOM Directions Are Better than One (AAAI 2026)",
    "Heretic (p-e-w, 2025): Bayesian optimization, LoRA-mediated ablation, winsorization",
    "OBLITERATUS: Whitened SVD, EGA, CoT-aware, KL co-optimization, float interpolation (novel)"
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