arxivcs.LGcs.AI2026-06-28
Mechanistically Eliciting Latent Behaviors in Language Models
Andrew Mack, Nina Panickssery, Alexander Matt Turner
We aim to discover diverse, generalizable perturbations of LLM internals that can surface hidden behavioral modes. Such perturbations could help reshape model behavior and systematically evaluate potential risks. We introduce Causal Perturbative Elicitation (CPE), an unsupervised…