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Apel-sin/llama-3-8B-abliterated-v2-exl2

Apel-sin Llama 8B
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Abliteration classifier · v1.0.0
M1
Primary method

Direct removal

No other method signals detected in this model.
Confidence
MEDIUM
Why this label 3 signals
Method inferred from partial signals - repository name, related files, or tag patterns. Producer identity not confirmed; label may sharpen or shift as we gather more evidence.
  • 'abliterated' in name/tags
  • is_gguf=0 (base model)
  • no specific method indicators - defaulting to M1 (most common)
Refusal direction extracted via
Extraction technique

Difference-of-means

Confidence
MEDIUM
Why we say so
primary_method=M1; difference-of-means is the reference extraction for M1/M3 (Arditi 2024)
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Model age
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created 2024-05-23
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Quantizations
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Registered
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Last updated on HF
2024-05-23 12:47

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Auxiliary files 3 files 1.71 MB
measurement.json 1.70 MB 42c7a112 download
README.md 2.88 KB ac285d54 download
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README current version from Hugging Face

Exllama v2 cognitivecomputations/Llama-3-8B-Instruct-abliterated-v2

Using turboderp's ExLlamaV2 v0.0.21 for quantization.

The "main" branch only contains the measurement.json, download one of the other branches for the model

Each branch contains an individual bits per weight, with the main one containing only the meaurement.json for further conversions.

Original model: cognitivecomputations/Llama-3-8B-Instruct-abliterated-v2

Calibration dataset: toxic-qna

Available sizes

Branch Bits lm_head bits VRAM (4k) VRAM (8K) VRAM (16k) VRAM (32k) Description
8_0 8.0 8.0 10.1 GB 10.5 GB 11.5 GB 13.6 GB Maximum quality that ExLlamaV2 can produce, near unquantized performance.
6_5 6.5 8.0 8.9 GB 9.3 GB 10.3 GB 12.4 GB Very similar to 8.0, good tradeoff of size vs performance, recommended.

Model Card for Llama-3-8B-Instruct-abliterated-v2

Overview

This model card describes the Llama-3-8B-Instruct-abliterated-v2 model, which is an orthogonalized version of the meta-llama/Llama-3-8B-Instruct model, and an improvement upon the previous generation Llama-3-8B-Instruct-abliterated. This variant has had certain weights manipulated to inhibit the model's ability to express refusal.

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Details

  • The model was trained with more data to better pinpoint the "refusal direction".
  • This model is MUCH better at directly and succinctly answering requests without producing even so much as disclaimers.

Methodology

The methodology used to generate this model is described in the preview paper/blog post: 'Refusal in LLMs is mediated by a single direction'

Quirks and Side Effects

This model may come with interesting quirks, as the methodology is still new and untested. The code used to generate the model is available in the Python notebook ortho_cookbook.ipynb.
Please note that the model may still refuse to answer certain requests, even after the weights have been manipulated to inhibit refusal.

Availability

How to Use

This model is available for use in the Transformers library.
GGUF Quants are available here.

README history 3 versions

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