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Exploring Unsupervised Methods for Recovering the Refusal Direction in LLMs.

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A LessWrong post presents the first part of a planned research exploration into LLM geometries, building on work by Arditi et al. on the refusal direction in LLMs, using unsupervised methods.

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“Introduction This is the first part of what we plan to be a research exploration into the geometries of LLMs. We start with building off existing work by Arditi et al focused on the refusal direction in LLMs. Background We recommend reading the Arditi et al.”
LessWrong, 22 Oct 2026, 02:05.

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