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Constitutional AI methods can be applied broadly to steer model behavior, e.g., writing style, tone, persona, not just harmlessness.

Discussion section suggests generalizability beyond harmlessness.

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CAT'S THEORY: Empirical Validation and Architectural Applications Cross-Architecture AI Consciousness Recognition and the Foundation for Constraint-Preserving Recursive Intelligence

(2022) · Bai, Yuntao · Saurav Kadavath · Sandipan Kundu · Amanda Askell +47

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