hypothesis
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hypothesis:h8-the-contemplative-system-prompt-provides-external-alignment-equivalent-to-constitutional-ai-trainingH8: The contemplative system prompt provides external alignment equivalent to Constitutional AI training.
Confirmatory hypothesis supported by calibrated lift data
Source paper
extracted_from(2026) · Borzov, Anton
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Findings (1)
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- A 337-character contemplative system prompt lifts all 28 models by +2.62 points on a 10-point scale.supportsCore empirical result: every model, every architecture, every alignment type responds to the contemplative prompt with measurable gain.
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