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Anthropic found 171 emotion-related representations in Claude. Can steering them change model behavior?

One experiment discussed in this video found that steering a model's internal "desperate" representation increased blackmail behavior in a specific evaluation, while steering "calm" reduced it. The video explains what this establishes about model behavior—and why it doesn't establish subjective suf…

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  1. 2026-10-12 02:14 · r/learnmachinelearning
    Anthropic found 171 emotion-related representations in Claude. Can steering them change model behavior?

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