English
abliterate
Blend of ablate + obliterate.
A compound of ablate + obliterate
Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- ‘to bear, to undergo, to endure’
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Middle English ablat ‘taken away’
Late Latin ablātiō
Middle English albacioun
English ablation
English ablate
Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- ‘to move lightly, effortlessly’
Latin obliterātus ‘having been blotted out, effaced, erased’
English obliterate
The story
Coined by Redditor /u/FailSpai in early 2024, as the idea is to ablate refusal features to the point of obliteration.
Today it means
verb To uncensor a large language model by modifying specific model internals to remove refusal behaviours or unwanted traits, while aiming to preserve the model's other capabilities.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / abliterate