| Abliterated (Orthogonal Projection) | Computes the mean residual-stream activation vector on harmful vs. harmless instructions and projects out the refusal direction across intermediate transformer blocks. | Zero retraining cost; preserves 99%+ of base coding, math, and 128k context recall. | Does not alter prose style or add new domain knowledge beyond the base model. |
| Uncensored DPO / SFT Fine-Tuning | Full-weight or LoRA supervised fine-tuning + Direct Preference Optimization on filtered datasets with all alignment refusals and preachy disclaimers removed. | Deep system-prompt obedience and natural, non-refusing assistant persona (e.g., Dolphin, Hermes). | Requires high-compute training runs and careful dataset curation to avoid benchmark drift. |
| RP & Creative Model Merging | SLERP / DARE-TIES / DELLA weight interpolation combining abliterated reasoning checkpoints with literary prose specialists. | Highest EQ-Bench emotional nuance and creative prose quality (e.g., EVA, Magnum). | Slightly lower strict zero-shot coding accuracy compared to unmerged Coder checkpoints. |