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Machinic psychopharmacology: do LLMs self-medicate?

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Sid Black, Joseph Bloom · 2026 · LessWrong (UK AI Security Institute; hackathon study)

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Gives two open models tools to apply steering vectors to themselves and observes which they choose in free play, introspection and task settings. A quick exploratory study, flagged as rough by its authors.

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