Trait Refusal Alignment Framework

A geometric framework relating Big Five trait steering vector alignment with the refusal direction to predict activation-steering safety vulnerability on a per-model basis

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Persona Non Grata: Single-Method Safety Evaluation Is Incomplete for Persona-Imbued LLMs
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Refusal directionconcept0.775
Arditi et al. 2024 finding that refusal behavior is mediated by one direction in LLM activations; exemplar of single-direction causal results
Trait refusal cosine alignment can serve as a model-specific pre-screening heuristic for identifying which traits will be dangerous under activation steering.claim0.755
Practical application proposed based on mechanistic findings
Inner alignment frameworkframework0.736
The concept of inner vs outer alignment, referenced multiple times.
Trait-refusal cosine alignment explains R^2=0.667 of single-trait AS ASR variance on Llama-3.1-8B (p=0.004).finding0.735
Statistical fit of the trait refusal alignment framework to single-trait activation steering results
Refusal Vectorconcept0.724
Single linear direction mediating refusal behavior in LLMs, shown by Arditi et al.; related to but distinct from the Assistant Axis
refusal rateconcept0.719
The percentage of harmful requests that a model refuses to answer, a common safety metric.
Relevance Realization Frameworkframework0.717
Refusal Direction in LLMsconcept0.713
Prior finding that LLM refusal is mediated by a single latent direction, analogous to this paper's reflection direction.