Stored in optimizer state, subliminal trait transfer persists through training; a causal account explains how teacher signals survive source removal and influence later updates
Read the original at arxiv.org→arXiv:2608.20442v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Subliminal trait transfer allows a student model to acquire behavioral dispositions from teacher-generated data in which the trait is not semantically expressed....
Original headline: "Stored in Optimizer State, Valued by Later Training: A Causal Account of Subliminal Trait Transfer"
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- Aug 24, 04:00 UTC arXiv cs.LG lead source Stored in Optimizer State, Valued by Later Training: A Causal Account of Subliminal Trait Transfer