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MoE Refusals Routed via Experts in Abliteration

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#abliteration#moe-routing#refusal-subspaces#uncensorqwen3.5-397bqwen3.5-397bmac-studiomlxgateddeltanet

💡MoE abliteration secrets: experts hide safety refusals from baking

⚡ 30-Second TL;DR

What Changed

Separate subspaces: CN-political vs Western-safety refusals

Why It Matters

Enables precise uncensoring of local MoE models without losing safety. Reveals architecture-specific refusal mechanisms for future ablations.

What To Do Next

Run https://github.com/trevorgordon981/alfred-abliterate to ablate refusals in your Qwen MoE model.

Who should care:Researchers & Academics

Key Points

  • Separate subspaces: CN-political vs Western-safety refusals
  • Weight-baking fails safety due to pre-proj expert routing
  • 397B MoE fragile—only top-16 directions work without loops
  • Adapted for GatedDeltaNet + MoE with Gram-Schmidt ortho
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