THE ASSISTANT AXIS: SITUATING AND STABILIZING THE CHARACTER OF LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS

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Two components are important to shaping model character: persona construction and persona stabilization. Without the proper construction, assistants can easily inherit counterproductive associations from the wrong sources. Even when assistants are well-constructed, they easily drift away from their roles, which makes stabilizing and preserving models' personas particularly important. Ensuring models are aligned will become increasingly important as they become more capable and are deployed in increasingly sensitive environments.