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Projection sampling preserves capabilities but diminishes gains from alignment fine-tuning.

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A LessWrong post discusses fine-tuning models on alignment reasoning from stronger models, noting it can improve safety at a substantial cost to general capabilities, and cites prior work on replay methods that mix alignment traces with the student model's responses to generic instructions.

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“TLDR Fine-tuning models on alignment reasoning from stronger models can improve safety, but at a substantial cost to general capabilities.”
LessWrong, 17 Oct 2026, 22:26.

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