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PublishedJune 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM
When Models Refuse: Political Steerability and Feature Richness as Measures of Ideological Depth
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arXiv:2508.21448v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) sometimes refuse to follow benign instructions, such as declining to argue a political position or adopt a stated persona, and such refusals are commonly read as safety guardrails at work. We ask whether they can instea
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