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Does the "automated grader" direction suppress expressed distress in Qwen3.6-27B?

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A LessWrong post preregisters an experiment on whether steering Qwen3.6-27B toward an "automated-grading" direction affects welfare-relevant indicators of frustration, self-deprecation and tone, plus use of a tool that can abort the conversation.

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“TLDR: This is a preregistration for an experiment intended to examine the impact of steering towards "automated-grading" on welfare-relevant indicators of frustration, self-deprecation, and tone as well as use of a tool which can abort the conversation.”
LessWrong, 27 Oct 2026, 21:47.

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