No Usable Linear "Capitulation Direction" in Two Small LLMs: A Validation Protocol for Activation-Steering Claims, and a Cross-Family Behavioral Study of Sycophancy Under Pushback
arXiv 2609.17550v1•86814ebbfe53223dd56ed8c29d5fd3fbd6129b6eee688efe1050c22ce354859d
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- 2609.17550
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- v1
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- cs.CL, cs.LG
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- Saad Aamir, Muhammad Awais Bin Adil
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- 2026-09-17T04:00:00Z
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- 2609.17550v1
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- record:sha256:86814ebbfe53223dd56ed8c29d5fd3fbd6129b6eee688efe1050c22ce354859d
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